BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel will not attend an official ceremony in Moscow on May 9 to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two due to tensions of the Ukraine crisis, government officials said on Wednesday. “In light of the developments in Ukraine, it is impossible for Merkel to take part in the traditional military parade on Red Square,” a government official said. However, the chancellor will lay a wreath at the Monument of the Unknown Soldier in the Russian capital one day later. Merkel visited Moscow on February 6 together with French President …read more
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