Why This Russian Gas Company Sponsors Soccer Teams

Positives

• This video is well researched and explains the history and political motivations of Gazprom.
• Vox uses video clips and data to back up its claims.
  

Additional Prerequisites

• The Union of European Football Associations ended its relationship with Gazprom in February of 2022, according to their website.
• This video contains advertisements.
• Teachers may wish to explain the importance of soccer in European culture. 
  

Differentiation

• Economics classes could use this video to discuss state-owned companies and ownership of the means of production.
• Teachers could use this video in a lesson about the impact of advertising and the role it plays in consumerism and climate change.
• Civics or government classes could have a debate over whether this kind of advertising should be legal.
• Other resources on this topic include this video on an activist's fight to block a pipeline in Minnesota, this interactive map on gas reserves around the world, and this video about greenwashing.