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[-] realitista@lemm.ee 64 points 6 months ago

IMO a lot of this had to do with Schroeder's and Merkel's connections with Russia and running the country's manufacturing base on cheap gas and oil.

[-] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

It was also a geopolitical attempt to get some economic leverage on Russia iirc. Obviously massively backfired when it turns out tyrants are willing to sacrifice profit for power.

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