[ommunist]

This is exactly why Germany secretly supplies Russia with top notch military tech today. If there is no enemy, you should create one.

[prodmerc]

Heh, just buying equipment from Germany does not make it some conspiracy of them supporting Russia.

Military industries need to sell stuff. France, Belgium, the UK, and others do the same.

[ommunist]

They are not buying end products. Germany supplies plants (!) for conventional military production. And Rheinmetal financed creation of testing grounds at Mulino.

[cmarschner]

Source?

[ommunist]

http://jbpress.ismedia.jp/articles/-/44305. Despite official sanctions Germany and the US (!) continue to supply Russia. Just like the US sold to both Russia and Germany before WW2.

Here about 30% of export increase from Germany to Russia at Deutche Welle - http://www.dw.com/ru/экспорт-из-германии-в-россию-вырос-на-3.... I bet they did not exported beer. Its Siemens, Rheinmetall and alike.

Also look in Gardner Research. The World Machine-Tool Output & Consumption Survey