Against the odds: The USSR and East-West Germany energy relations
... and politicians consider the current political crisis between Russia and the European Union as part of a long-term negative trend that will ... ... the USSR. Despite the uneasy political circumstances during the Cold War and political sensitivity concerning the issue of cooperation ... ... the USSR and West Germany managed to establish the base of the gas interdependence model, which was to become a backbone of the contemporary ... ... diversification away from oil towards other sources of energy. Natural gas seemed to be the most prospective alternative. During ...