Over the past 14 years, German chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin have shared an understanding. After all, Putin served as a KGB officer in Germany from 1985 to 1990. So they work together often — although not always smoothly. “When Putin and Merkel meet, they sometimes speak in German (he’s better in her language than she is in his), and Putin corrects his own interpreter to let Merkel know that nothing is lost on him,” George Packer of The New Yorker writes in profile of Merkel. “Putin’s brand of macho elicits in Merkel a kind of …read more
Source: Business Insider
