Angela Merkel has decided to arrive in the capital of Russia for the events associated With the celebration of the anniversary of Victory in the great Patriotic war, because had no opportunity to do otherwise, according to the Western media. From the point of view of the German channel, by its absence at the Parade in honor of the 70th anniversary of Victory in the great Patriotic war Merkel " has hurt the Russian Federation, but not much ", as agreed to come may 10. Anyway, believes the channel, this trip will be for her " heavy ", but for others to do It has not had the opportunity.
One of the reasons why the Chancellor has decided to come, although the vast number of Western leaders Is not solved, is, according to n-tv. De, " a heavy burden of German history ". Merkel herself before the trip, saying how important it was for her to honor the memory of million people died in the war With Nazi Germany.
N-tv. De stressed that, No matter how "ironic" It sounds, Vladimir Putin And Angela Merkel is in some way closely related, despite political differences. No other Western leader talked With the Russian President in the process of the Ukrainian fall so often as She is. And as if It is critical not related to the foreign policy of the Russian Federation, to break off contacts She is not willing, stresses the magazine.
the connection Merkel With Russia specifies the print edition. From the position of publication, to Merkel's question about reading the Russian Federation or to act against it, is very personal, because She grew up in Communist East Germany, was fascinated by Russian culture And boasted that in the ninth grade won the Olympiad on the Russian language.
review The wall Street Journal on his visit to the Russian capital Federal Chancellor concedes "a kind of taboo, as from the beginning of the Ukrainian fall" the vast number of Western leaders " avoid travelling to the Russian Federation.
in addition, From the perspective of the publication, visit Merkel argues how difficult Germany to balance between the growing role of the country in international diplomacy And his difficult past.
From the position of the resource, the trip Merkel in the capital of Russia is a " gesture of reconciliation "." It is a short but very important visit of the Federal Chancellor in the capital of Russia, who also serves as a signal, " writes the magazine, focusing on the fact that this trip, as well as the Russian reaction to it, says that Merkel has until now remains one of the most important interlocutors of Russia in the West.
German Chancellor arrived in the afternoon on may 10 in the capital of Russia. She has already met With Russian President Vladimir Putin And together With him, laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown soldier. Later than the scheduled bilateral meeting of the heads of States In the Russian leadership.
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