Despite sanctions Russia did heavily increase trade balance, while Germany falls strongly on minus and almost to recession....so, there must be a screw loose in the EU Commission in Brussels, where they take orders from Washington, Wall Street and the Bilderbergs...
Germany has negative - 6 % trade balance in August 2014, while Russia has positive +13 % in July, and August seem to become even better....
Russian Trade Surplus at 3-Month High *(Russian Central Bank Data).
Russian trade surplus widened to USD 17.07 billion in July of 2014 from USD 13.45 billion a year earlier, driven by higher exports to countries outside the Commonwealth of Independent States. Year-on-year, exports rose 5.4 percent, while imports fell 4.2 percent. On a monthly basis, non-seasonally adjusted exports rose 13 percent,
http://www.tradingeconomics.com/russia/balance-of-trade