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In fact this started already many years ago. When the Soviet Union collapsed and the Russian Federation assumed its place, Germany still had the upper hand in t

In fact this started already many years ago. When the Soviet Union collapsed and the Russian Federation assumed its place, Germany still had the upper hand in the German-Russian relations I think. Germany had supported Russia with loans. They even sent financial aid to Russia in order to help them support their own soldiers that were returning from former East Germany in 1994. But in time Russia's economy grew and with the initiation of the German "Energiewende" and the beginning of the nuclear phase-out in 2011 Germany more and more relied on Russian gas.

ttepasse 4y ago
> … with the initiation of the German "Energiewende" and the beginning of the nuclear phase-out in 2011 Germany more and more relied on Russian gas. According to this chart the major rise in natural gas in Germany was in the 80s and 90s. https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/energy-consumption-by-source-and-region?country=~DEU https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/energy-consumption-by-sou...