“The former KGB officer had done his homework. He knew Merkel was frightened of dogs” ©DMITRY ASTAKHOV/AFP/GETTY IMAGES
Both leaders sat down in the Russian President’s office at his Black Sea dacha for a press conference. The door had been left slightly ajar and it was soon clear why. From the corner of her eye Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor, saw a black dog enter the room. Vladimir Putin, coming towards the end of his first stint as Russia’s President, was smirking in the armchair beside her. The former KGB officer had done his homework. He knew Merkel was frightened of …read more
Source: Prospect
