DW: Putin, Merkel Meet in Shadow of US-Russia Chill
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Putin, Merkel Meet in Shadow of US-Russia Chill
Russian President Vladimir Putin is meeting Chancellor Angela Merkel for a two-day round of talks starting on Sunday, Oct. 14. Topics are expected to be energy security, economic questions and the US missile shield. A number of tough global issues will also be on the table at the meeting of the German and Russian leaders in the German city of Wiesbaden. It comes straight after talks in Moscow between US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, as well as both countries' defense ministers.
Russia strongly opposes US plans to deploy parts of its anti-missile defence system in the Czech Republic and Poland. Moscow says the missiles will target Russia and not "rogue states" such as Iran and North Korea, which Washington says the system is designed to defend against.
