Schröder met in Istanbul’s Dolmabahçe Palace onMon afternoon with a Ukrainian delegation, led by Rustem Umerov, a Ukrainian MP who took part in the recent cease-fire talks with Moscow in Belarus. (Umerov has not commented on Schröder’s initiative.)
／Merkel could see what was brewing in Moscow and was always openly critical with regards to the shrinking space for opposition in Russia, and tried to implement a second track, a tougher policy, namely in 2014/15. But she had to reconcile this with the dominant first track.
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Gerhard Schröder travels to Moscow to meet Putin in Ukraine peace bid
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（迫真）危ういプーチン政権（1） 「やつは国の裏切り者だ」 （写真=ロイター） :日本経済新聞
