‘Should have started earlier’: Putin in response to Merkel’s comments that Minsk Agreements were an attempt to give Ukraine time

Russian President Vladimir Putin told a press conference in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan that the recent comments of ex-Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel …

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