POWERFUL GAZPROM

It was not too long ago that Gazprom, the state-controlled energy conglomerate, was one of the Kremlin's most potent geopolitical weapons. But those days now seem like a distant memory: Gazprom is a financial shadow of its former self.
The speed of Gazprom's decline is breathtaking. At its peak in May 2008, the company's market capitalization reached $367.27 billion, making it one of world's most valuable companies, according to a survey compiled by the Financial Times. Gazprom's deputy chair, Alexander Medvedev, repeatedly predicted at the time that within a decade the Russian energy giant could be worth $1 trillion.
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