In the Grip of Gazprom

In the Grip of Gazprom

2023
1h 30min

The war in the Ukraine has changed the way many European countries view Russian politics. Suddenly it became clear how dependent countries had become on Russian gas imports for decades and what Vladimir Putin was up to. However, no country needs more gas than Germany. It was only after Russia's invasion of the Ukraine that the German government realized that Russia had long used gas as a weapon to impose its will on states. The instrument created for this purpose is the natural gas production company GAZPROM. So how did Germany become so dependent on Russian gas? The documentary shows how, over several decades and several changes of government, a broad alliance of politicians and business representatives did everything possible to secure Germany's energy supply with cheap Russian gas, while the Kremlin's foreign policy became increasingly aggressive and the warnings of experts went unheeded.

In the Grip of Gazprom

Storyline

The war in the Ukraine has changed the way many European countries view Russian politics. Suddenly it became clear how dependent countries had become on Russian gas imports for decades and what Vladimir Putin was up to. However, no country needs more gas than Germany. It was only after Russia's invasion of the Ukraine that the German government realized that Russia had long used gas as a weapon to impose its will on states. The instrument created for this purpose is the natural gas production company GAZPROM. So how did Germany become so dependent on Russian gas? The documentary shows how, over several decades and several changes of government, a broad alliance of politicians and business representatives did everything possible to secure Germany's energy supply with cheap Russian gas, while the Kremlin's foreign policy became increasingly aggressive and the warnings of experts went unheeded.
Cast
Alexander Scheer
Alexander Scheer
Self - Narrator (voice)
Jürgen Hambrecht
Self - Interviewee
Wolfgang Ischinger
Self - Interviewee
Radoslaw Sikorski
Radoslaw Sikorski
Self - Interviewee
Andriy Kobolyev
Self - Interviewee
Angela Stent
Self - Interviewee
Martin Schulz
Martin Schulz
Self - Interviewee
David L. Goldwin
Self - Interviewee
Matthias Warnig
Self - Interviewee
Margarita M. Balmaceda
Self - Interviewee
Frank Umbach
Self - Interviewee
Jonathan Stern
Self - Interviewee
Alexey Venediktov
Alexey Venediktov
Self - Interviewee
Richard Anderson
Self - Interviewee
Daniel Yergin
Self - Interviewee
Don Carlos
Self - Interviewee
Guy Chazan
Self - Interviewee
Bill Browder
Bill Browder
Self - Interviewee
Simon Chadwick
Self - Interviewee
Heather Conlay
Self - Interviewee
Benjamin Schmitt
Self - Interviewee
Jens Høvsgaard
Self - Interviewee
Suriya Jayanti
Self - Interviewee
Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin
Self (archive footage)
Gerhard Schröder
Gerhard Schröder
Self (archive footage)
Alexey Miller
Alexey Miller
Self (archive footage)
Mikhail Khodorkovsky
Mikhail Khodorkovsky
Self (archive footage)
Anna Politkovskaya
Self (archive footage)
Alexander Litvinenko
Self (archive footage)
Mikhail Saakashvili
Mikhail Saakashvili
Self (archive footage)
Leonid Kravchuk
Self (archive footage)
Viktor Yushchenko
Self (archive footage)
Sergey Kupriyanov
Self (archive footage)
Alexander Medvedev
Self (archive footage)
Frank-Walter Steinmeier
Frank-Walter Steinmeier
Self (archive footage)
Friedrich Späth
Self (archive footage)
Martin Bartenstein
Self (archive footage)
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
Self (archive footage)
Faisal Islam
Faisal Islam
Self (archive footage)
Thomas Reed
Self (archive footage)
Pia Ahrenkilde Hansen
Self (archive footage)
Zhanna Nemtsova
Self (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan
Self (archive footage)
Angela Merkel
Angela Merkel
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dmitry Medvedev
Dmitry Medvedev
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Helmut Kohl
Helmut Kohl
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Boris Yeltsin
Boris Yeltsin
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Konrad Adenauer
Konrad Adenauer
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Willy Brandt
Willy Brandt
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Helmut Schmidt
Helmut Schmidt
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Gorbachev
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Nikita Khrushchev
Nikita Khrushchev
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
King Charles III of the United Kingdom
King Charles III of the United Kingdom
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
George W. Bush
George W. Bush
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
John McCain
John McCain
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Condoleezza Rice
Condoleezza Rice
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Göran Persson
Göran Persson
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Paavo Lipponen
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lech Wałęsa
Lech Wałęsa
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Viktor Yanukovych
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Michael Glos
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Wulf-Hinrich Bernotat
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hans Friderichs
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dmytro Firtash
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Valentin Falin
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
William J. Casey
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Burckhard Bergmann
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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