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 print edition.

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 ".

" 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 Schwan the content of their conversations with the 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.

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