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Galia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Finland are completely dependent on Russia for their natural gas supply. In the other seven countries, at least half of their natural gas comes from Russia. Germany, France, Italy and other core EU member states have 28%, 9%, and 38% dependence on Russian natural gas.

In the long-term energy cooperation, Gazprom has accounted for a quarter of Europe’s total natural gas imports.

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Gazprom(Gazprom)It was once ranked third in the world’s top 500 The world’s largest natural gas producer is also a giant enterprise integrating economic privilege and political aura in Russia.

Surrounded by multiple glories, Gazprom has won unmatched by any company in the worldThe super power of Russia was once regarded as a double barometer of Russian politics and economy.

Gazprom headquarters in Moscow, from Xinhua News Agency

Industry monopolist under resource nationalism

The glory of Gazprom can be traced back to the construction of the Saratov line, the first natural gas pipeline in the Soviet Union. This is because Beria, who is under one person and over ten thousand people, is the person in charge of this natural gas pipeline.

As a high-level Soviet Communist Party responsible for the development of the Soviet atomic bomb and the construction of natural gas pipelines, Beria has brought unparalleled political advantages to the Soviet natural gas industry and made the outside world believe that the Soviet natural gas industry and the atomic bomb are equally important Status.

Beria in full swing

Subsequently, large natural gas fields such as Urengoy, Medvegi, Zapoliaro, Yamburg and Povalenko were successively found.(About one-third of the world’s recoverable natural gas reserves), great joy