: :inin Kyiv (EET)

Merkel makes rare Russia visit as Putin backs warmer ties


SOCHI: German Chancellor Angela Merkel will Tuesday meet President Vladimir Putin in the Black Sea resort of Sochi in her first visit to Russia since 2015, signalling renewed dialogue between Berlin and Moscow.
The Russian and German leaders have scaled back links as Moscow’s ties with the EU have plunged to a post-Cold War low.
Merkel has strongly backed EU sanctions on Moscow for seizing Crimea from Ukraine in 2014 and backing the pro-Russian separatist insurgency in the east of the country.
Moscow has responded with an embargo on agricultural products from the West.
In her first official visit to Russia last week, EU …read more

Source: The Manila Times

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