Putin speaks in Moscow about the one thing he regrets about the Ukraine war. Putin makes these accusations against former Chancellor Angela Merkel.
The West “talked about peace while preparing for an attack. And now he admits it without hesitation,” the Kremlin chief reinterpreted the statement according to Russian propaganda in his New Year’s speech on 22/23. In doing so, the Kremlin boss is using history as a weapon – and ignoring international law, writes Bettina Menzel.