>the gas relationship dates back to the Soviet Union and was supposed to work the other way around. You mean like the last time? German–Soviet Trade and Credi

>the gas relationship dates back to the Soviet Union and was supposed to work the other way around. You mean like the last time? German–Soviet Trade and Credit Agreement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German%E2%80%93Soviet_Credit_Agreement_(1939) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German%E2%80%93Soviet_Credit_A... "expectation of eventual territorial expansion to the Baltic countries, Finland and Poland, with the approval of either the Western powers or Germany" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalin's_speech_of_19_August_1939 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalin's_speech_of_19_August_1... "In the event of a territorial and political rearrangement of the areas belonging to the Polish state the spheres of influence of Germany and the U.S.S.R. shall be bounded approximately by the line of the rivers Narew, Vistula, and San." "With regard to Southeastern Europe attention is called by the Soviet side to its interest in Bessarabia (Moldova & Ukraine). The German side declares its complete political disinterestedness in these areas." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany%E2%80%93Soviet_Union_relations,_1918%E2%80%931941#Pact_and_commercial_deal_signings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany%E2%80%93Soviet_Union_r...