Against the odds: The USSR and East-West Germany energy relations
... the current political crisis between Russia and the European Union as part of a long-term negative trend ... ... Brussels, but does not damage the relations between Russia and individual member states that much. As history ... ... Despite the uneasy political circumstances during the Cold War and political sensitivity concerning the issue ... ... Germany managed to establish the base of the gas interdependence model, which was to become a backbone ... ... diversification away from oil towards other sources of energy. Natural gas seemed to be the most prospective alternative....