Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin said he hopes that Russia and Germany will continue further bilateral cooperation aimed at ensuring stability and security in Europe.
Putin said he expects that Moscow and Berlin will be able to boost ties with the goal of “maintaining stability and security on the European continent and in the whole world.”
Last year, Germany, Russia’s most important trade partner in Europe, exported about 36 billion euros of goods to Russia. In the first half of this year, Germany’s exports to Russia plunged over 15%, before Russia’s agricultural ban imposed in early August amid Western sanctions.