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http://www.spiegel.de/international/business/0,1518,544714,00.html
“THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING
Moscow Investors Go on Shopping Spree for German Companies”
By Alexander Jung, Matthias Schepp and Benjamin Triebe
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Russia’s business elite are reaping huge profits from the high prices for natural resources and many are looking westwards to Germany for investment opportunities. However, the close ties between business and politics in Russia has prompted fears that Moscow could be intent on buying up the West one company at a time.”