The Berlin-Moscow economic axis - history repeating itself
Friends again - German Chancellor Merkel and Russian President Medvedev
October 7, 2009 (German Foreign Policy) -- 70 years ago, a Soviet-Nazi pact, called Molotov-Ribbentrop pact, divided Europe into German and Soviet spheres of influence. The pact incorporated some important economic provisions. But after Moscow refused to fulfill its economic commitments, Hitler invaded the Soviets. A half century later, Berlin and Moscow are best friends (again). . . continue reading.
