The German nuclear decommissioning was largely a matter of grandstanding to the lobbyists (response to Fukushima).  Germany is now paying for it in terms of massive electricity price increases to cover the costs of importing backup power from Norwegian hydro and French nuclear generation.
The negative technical issues surrounding the proposed Russian-SA contracts were pretty well spelled out in the ConCourt judgement (the kickbacks though, remain a matter for speculation).  The contract was invalidated, and we all hold our breath to see how the next version will read.