Angela Merkel, German chancellor, yesterday delivered a sweeping criticism of President Vladimir Putin over the Ukraine crisis, warning that Russia was “creating problems” in Moldova and Georgia, and trying to make some Balkan states “politically and economically dependent”.
Ms Merkel’s comments, in a German newspaper interview, were published just as France’s President François Hollande was meeting Mr Putin in an effort to defuse tensions.
Asked about the risk of war between Russia and the west over the Baltic states, where Moscow has in recent weeks unnerved residents with military flights and other aggressive acts, the chancellor struck a reassuring tone.
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