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During the Cold War, the Soviet Union discovered a powerful new weapon that didn’t rely on missiles or tanks - natural gas. By the 1960s and 70s, the USSR realized that supplying cheap, reliable energy to Europe could give Moscow enormous economic leverage and long term political influence. What followed was one of the largest pipeline projects in history, stretching thousands of kilometers from Siberia to the heart of Western Europe.

This documentary explores how the USSR built its gas empire, why European nations eagerly signed long term deals despite U.S. warnings, and how pipelines like Brotherhood and Druzhba transformed the continent’s energy landscape. We’ll look at the economic motivations, the political calculations, and the decades long dependency that followed, shaping everything from industrial growth to foreign policy.

Tags: USSR, Soviet gas, Europe energy, Cold War, pipelines, Russia, natural gas history, energy dependence, geopolitics, Siberia, Druzhba pipeline