Russians Surprised by Their Own Plan to Invade Western Europe

... or Germany Gets on the Russophobia Bandwagon. This is a last-ditch attempt to revive the "weapons for oil" economy that's served the UK and Europe so well up to now, ...

See There is No Global Economy and Al-Yamamah arms deal:

In 2010, BAE Systems pleaded guilty to a United States court, to charges of false accounting and making misleading statements in connection with the sales. An investigation by the British Serious Fraud Office into the deal was discontinued after political pressure from the Saudi and British governments.

Which explains part of this: Cambridge University and the FCO and this:

To Russia with love, ....