The view from Germany.
[DW] Gazprom's market power in Europa 
...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum...is the result of a monopoly. Russian legislation stipulates that only Gazprom is allowed to operate pipelines used for export. It has been the biggest supplier to the European Union
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...
(EU) for decades.