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Monday, April 8, 2013

Tension between Merkel and Putin


"A tense meeting" and qualify sources Berlin Chancellery meeting between Merkel and Putin that the Russian president arrived late and was cheered outside the enclosure by protests from civic organizations and ecopacifistas. "Go back to hell," one banner called the police left no closer than two kilometers from the building protected by armored vehicles, reconnaissance helicopters and snipers on rooftops. While it is true that economic relations between Germany and Russia have maintained a good pace throughout the two legislatures Merkel, so is there gaps between the two heads of government, for example regarding the Syrian conflict, and respect for the rights Human has opened a gap between them that has become evident in Hannover. In a speech to the fair that came to display Putin Russian industrial potential, Putin publicly encouraged Merkel to allow the development of civil society in their country and especially made ​​a defense of the importance of NGOs as "engine innovation and motivation, "he said, to applause from the audience. These words were responding to searches and interrogations that have undergone employees and managers of German NGOs in Russia, accused the authorities there for spying and between which lies the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, akin to the Christian Democratic Union ( CDU) Chancellor presiding, and its equivalent Social Democrat Friedrich Ebert Foundation. The direct reference to the treatment received by these organizations raises the tension that has grown in recent weeks and coincided with European bailout to Cyprus, where Russian fortunes have been seriously affected by the deposits removes over 100,000 euros and has generated a quiet unease in Moscow. Putin, for his part, made ​​no express reference to the case, but merely, as a veiled threat, mentioning "the need to strengthen bilateral relations in economic times that the European economy is showing unfortunately very fragile." Putin knows what he says. While trade with the rest of Europe barely survives the crisis, east German exports rose 10.4% in 2012, with a volume of 38,000 million euros. Germany and Russia exchanged goods worth 80,000 million euros annually and geopolitical partners have become thanks to Russian gas pipeline to Germany provided directly through the North Sea, a strategic energy supply. From this position, Putin does not feel forced to endure pulling ears and German Chancellor on Friday, at the public television station ARD in Berlin, defended the measures taken in Moscow against the German NGO, citing the "need to maintain control ". The meeting between the two have kept in Hannover, where Merkel unfolded in perfect Russian, served only to confirm their huge differences and their common destiny understood.

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