Reply #57: no, IMHO not

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First, contrary to the RW talking point, Germany did not have any major Iraq contracts at all. On the other hand, the US did.


Russia is currently very active building economic relations with the EU, especially for natural gas and other ressources. With the dollar rate as it is and the majority of the trading done with Euros, the dollar simply is a liabilty for Russia.