>Russia has oil, Germany has manufactured products, win-win.
Russia won’t go for that deal. Putin’s done the math and Russia only returns to great economic power status by restoring thier indrusty base. Anything else leaves Germany in the driver’s seat.
This is true, but I haven't seen any serious push by Putin in this direction. Russia got rich with oil revenue. I can see super wealthy Russian oligarchs. I can see Putin trying to rebuilding old Russian empire. I haven't seen any Russian initiative of large-scale industrial development other than natural resources extraction and arms industry.
They tried that deal about 78 years ago didn’t they?