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Don't forget a large Russian campaign in Europe to discredit all energy sources that don't involve buying from Russia. Financing green movements, working with
by deepsun 5mo ago
Don't forget a large Russian campaign in Europe to discredit all energy sources that don't involve buying from Russia.
Financing green movements, working with governments, especially Germany (Gerhard Schröder now holds good positions in Russian energy companies, Angela Merkel had good relationship with Putin). Puting worked in Germany as KGB agent before his ascension.
- leonidasrup 5mo agoThe beginning of Soviet and German cooperation goes back much earlier, to early 1970s. The famous policy of "Wandel durch Handel" "Wandel durch Handel (WdH, German for "Change through trade"), also known as Wandel durch Annäherung, is a political and economic notion, mostly associated with German foreign policy, of increasing trade with authoritarian regimes in an effort to induce political change. Although most strongly associated with Germany, similar policies have been pursued by several Western countries." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wandel_durch_Handel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wandel_durch_Handel For example, West Germany has helped with building Soviet gas network. https://ost-ausschuss.de/sites/default/files/pm_pdf/German-Russian-Energy-Relations-since-1970.pdf https://ost-ausschuss.de/sites/default/files/pm_pdf/German-R... All subsequent goverments of Kohl, Schröder, Merkel supported expansion of gas imports from Russia. It was cheap and reliable even during Cold war. And little bit of money from Gazprom to politicians always helped. https://correctiv.org/en/latest-stories/2022/10/07/gazprom-lobby-germany/?lang=en https://correctiv.org/en/latest-stories/2022/10/07/gazprom-l...