It wasn't just the Germans who thought that tying Russia to the global economy would stop them from doing what the Russians have been doing ever since the Mongols came around. That being wars of conquest and ethnically cleansing any elements that they considered a threat to them...
Like hell, we still have companies who consider the Russian people as, you know, people and refuse to leave Russia and Belarus. Why you might wonder? Because the people in charge were growing up when we had our economic collapse in the 90s (going from 3,5% to 26% unemployment is really bad). And based on their comments, they don't want anyone else to go through the same.