Helmut Kohl, who served as the Chancellor of Germany from 1982 to 1998, in his new book was dissatisfied with the policies of the West, aimed at isolating Russia, informs the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
for example, If criticized the conduct of the June summit of the G7 without Russia's participation. According to the former Federal Chancellor, the decision was " radical and burdensome ", RIA " Novosti "." in the end, the West, as well as the Russian Federation and Ukraine, must be vigilant and not allow that we have lost what once reached ", - said Kohl. Former Chancellor criticized not only Western policy towards the conflict in the Ukraine and the government of his successor, Gerhard schr?der, which, according to Kohl, the responsibility for the debt crisis in the Eurozone. First in October in Germany published the book " Testament. Protocols Kolya "in which journalist Heribert Swann released the contents of their personal conversations with ex-Chancellor of Germany. In the 1st interview Kohl criticized Angela Merkel, said she, for example, didn't know how to use a fork and knife, and official dinners didn't know how to behave. Relations between Russia and the West deteriorated in connection with the situation in Ukraine. on 12 September the EU and the US on the background of the progress of the Minsk agreements between Kiev and militias Donbass about stopping the fire entered against Russia fresh penalties against financial, oil and defense industries. Also expanded the list of individuals who are under punishment.


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