Comment by marcosdumay
2 days ago
The Russian government didn't see it as a Russian dependency on Germany.
As far as the dependency direction goes, Germany didn't start a war with Russia, so the simplistic example isn't enough to disprove anything. If you want to disprove it, do so by explaining how Russia was dependent on Europe.
Then go back to the beginning of WW2 and look up the biggest trading partners for both Germany and France