German-Russian relations: Will there be changes after the German elections?

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Series Details No.40, September 2009
Publication Date 23/09/2009
ISBN 978-951-769-234-2
ISSN 1795-8059
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Irrespective of the German election result, the 'special relationship' between Germany and Russia will continue to thrive.

The global economic crisis has served to forge even closer business ties between Germany and Russia. Several struggling German industries would now welcome Russian investment, and all in all German companies are expected to stay in the Russian market in anticipation of growth.

Germany is likely to concentrate on economic relations with Russia, which have proved lucrative, and to confine criticism of Russian domestic affairs to rhetoric.

Even if the German general foreign policy line becomes more Atlanticist than before, Germany’s Russia policy will not lose its significance.

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