The recent assassination of Moscow journalist Anna Politkovskaya and the challenge to freedom of the press in Russia do not prevent the reunited Germany build on the development of its trade and cooperation in several sectors with the country. The Federal Chancellor, Angela Merkel, has not hesitated to address a number of topics for the less sensitive with the head of the Russian State, which was yesterday, in Dresden to participate in the work of closing of the 6th "Dialogue of St. Petersburg" and that ends today in Munich his official visit to Germany by a meeting with leaders of main groups of German. But the head of the German Government, much more reserved against Moscow as his Foreign Minister, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, knows all about weight commercial and industrial country that does not grant a great importance to respect for human rights.
Natural gas and oil
In recent years, trade between the two countries grew strongly, the Russia in 2005 the 10th provider (21.6 billion euros) and the 13th client (EUR 17.3 billion) of the Germany. In the first half of this year, Russian exports to the economic power of the European Union again strongly increased 78 of these exports being composed of natural gas and oil. Very dependent on the Russia for its energy supply, the Germany is therefore obliged to limit its criticism of the country, with its raw materials, is becoming a key partner. German as groups E.ON and BASF will participate, alongside the giant Gazprom, the exploitation of Siberian gas fields. The Gazprom Group also comes to know that the resources of the Shtokman gas field were intended primarily to Western Europe. As Vladimir Poutine, he reassured the Federal Chancellor on the security of energy supply of the Germany and the major European customers. Illustration of this safety: the construction of the Russo pipeline to deliver this valuable material to Greifswald first from 2012.
Rest that Vladimir Putin's Russia wants more simply to deliver raw materials in exchange for automobiles, spare parts, machine tools, chemicals. She wants to invest more in Germany, including taking equity stakes in the capital of the large groups of German.
Heavy investments
"We are ready to invest heavily in sectors such as energy, chemistry, mechanical engineering and aeronautics," it says in the entourage of the master of the Kremlin. Alexis Miller, the patron of Gazprom (35 billion euros in sales in 2005, profits, employees 396,000 EUR 5.8 billion), does not hide that he wishes to be much more present in Germany in the distribution of gas and many other sectors. Hence, for example, its project to take control of the club of football of Gelsenkirchen, Schalke 04, injecting EUR 125 million.
A such industrial and financial, bulimia which is translated recently by the Bank of State Wneschtorgbank entry in the capital of the European consortium EADS, 5, is not without German leadership. In particular, Angela Merkel, who must now find the right balance between its pro-Atlantique strategy and the need to cooperate with a Russia considered as a partner very important by 89 of Germans surveyed by the Institute TNS Infratest on behalf of the weekly "Der Spiegel".
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