German Chancellor Angela Merkel stated that in personal conversations with Russian President Vladimir Putin openly express criticism in his address and regarding certain things that disagree with.
“As for Vladimir Putin, I will say my own words: if it comes to criticism regarding him, then I do not hide it, but I also speak in personal conversations,” said Chancellor on Tuesday, turning around video calls to the participants of the spring session of the parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), reports TASS.
Merkel stressed that “I agree not with everything that happens in Russia,” indicating, first of all, on the problem of human rights compliance.