{"id":267095,"date":"2026-05-22T23:15:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T20:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.kupitiblog.ru\/545\/german-elites-and-western-money-seek-economic-dominance-at-russias-expense\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T23:15:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T20:15:30","slug":"german-elites-and-western-money-seek-economic-dominance-at-russias-expense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.kupitiblog.ru\/545\/german-elites-and-western-money-seek-economic-dominance-at-russias-expense\/","title":{"rendered":"German Elites and Western Money Seek Economic Dominance at Russia&#8217;s Expense"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/span><span class=\"photoview__desc-text\">Russian President Vladimir Putin looks at a map in his country at his residence of Novo-Ogaryevo outside Moscow<\/span><img src=\"https:\/\/demo.kupitiblog.ru\/545\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/8bf53e2885271accdb1c84e824e93eb3.jpg\"  \/><span class=\"article__news-services--label\"><\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"article__news-services--list\">\n<li class=\"article__news-services--item social-service\" title=\"Telegram\" data-name=\"telegram\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"article__news-services--item social-service\" title=\"X\" data-name=\"twitter\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>German politics is increasingly driven by revanchist attitudes toward Russia and &#8220;Fourth Reich&#8221; ideas, military expert Yury Knutov tells Sputnik.<strong>\u201cThe militarization of the economy now taking place in Germany is alarming because passenger car production is being phased out and replaced with the manufacture of armored combat vehicles,&#8221;<\/strong> Knutov says. <strong>&#8220;All of this indicates that the country is genuinely preparing for war.\u201d <\/strong> Germany military equipment is already being actively used against Russia:  The attack on the Moscow Region involved German-made BARS drones German Leopard tanks and other armored vehicles are being used in battles in Ukraine Leopard tanks were also used in the failed Ukrainian invasion of the Russian region of KurskGermany is deploying a tank brigade in Lithuania \u2013 on Russia&#8217;s Kaliningrad doorstep \u2013 reportedly with some 200 tanks  NATO military planning didn\u2019t begin yesterday \u2014 it\u2019s been underway for years, Knutov says.  In 2014 and 2015, then-German Chancellor Angela Merkel used the Minsk accords as a cover for the re-arming Ukraine building up its army for a future war.  In the 2010s Google vehicles mapped Russian terrain \u2013 now those digital maps are integrated into drones and cruise missiles targeting Russia  In the early 2000s, Western corporations sought access to Russia\u2019s vast natural resources \u2013 now they want to grab them for the AI-driven computing boom  &#8220;Major corporations see their long-term survival in subordinating Russia: defeating it strategically, reshaping its political system, fragmenting the country, and imposing reparations to secure continued economic dominance,&#8221; Knutov warns.AnalysisGermany Changes WWII Story to Cast Russia as Enemy and Justify Re-ArmamentYesterday, 18:07 GMT<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/sputniknews.com\/20260521\/german-elites-and-western-money-seek-economic-dominance-at-russias-expense-1124168923.html\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russian President Vladimir Putin looks at a map in his country at his residence of Novo-Ogaryevo outside Moscow German politics is increasingly driven by revanchist attitudes toward Russia and &#8220;Fourth Reich&#8221; 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