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Did the 2nd Reich have the institutional capacity and resources to have competed with France as a creditor for Russia?
If Germany had tried this course (instead of the Lombardverbot credit embargo) what would have been the effects on the Russian economy and Germany's own economy ?
Could Germany have exploited the financial connection for closer diplomatic relations with Russia?
On the other hand, would it have reduced critical capital that supported OTL's German industrial development?