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Hey, the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance was supposed to be a response to the Marshall Plan and the integrating Western Europe. The idea was conceived by Vyacheslav Molotov, who suggested to Stalin that the Soviet Union should think about a competitive venture to the actions of the Americans and Western Europeans. The Comecon was established in 1949 and became an economic muzzle for the remaining countries of Central and Eastern Europe. Their economy was dependent on the needs of the Soviet empire. Exceptionally unfavourable trade agreements were signed between Moscow and individual nations. Power in the Comecon was held by the Council, in which the Russians made key decisions. In later years, industry committees were also established, and their headquarters were located in various countries of the Eastern Bloc. The Council for Mutual Economic Assistance was a bureaucratic behemoth that eventually began to collapse under the weight of its own needs and plans. In the latest episode, I also touched on the topic of an extremely important investment for this part of the world, namely the construction of the Druzhba pipeline. Two threads were created over a dozen years. I invite you to the latest episode of the Post-war series. Thank you very much for supporting the channel through the Patronite service! https://patronite.pl/powojnie And now I invite you to the latest episode.