German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday congratulated Vladimir Putin on his re-election as Russia’s president, while stressing the need for continued dialogue to address key “challenges”. “I warmly congratulate you on your re-election,” Merkel wrote in a message to the veteran Russian leader released by her office. “Today it is ...
EU foreign ministers on Monday strongly condemned the poisoning of a former Russian spy in Britain and said they took “extremely seriously” London’s assessment that Moscow is to blame for the attack. The 28 ministers meeting in Brussels voiced their “unqualified solidarity” with Britain over the attack, which targeted former ...
