Moscow (Reuters) - German chancellor Angela Merkel (Angela Merkel) of the Russian President vladimir putin task to a clip type cats on the riots punk band dissidents and treatment, they held talks last Friday was as cold as ice.
But, despite the chill drop relationship, they signed a series of economic transactions, emphasizes the mutual trade, Mr Putin in 2011 into 720 billion dollars, and Germany's dependence on Russian as a energy the importance of supplier.
In often look uncomfortable, because they sit together, in a commercial BBS in the kremlin, ms merkel and Mr Putin trying to unified performance. But, they made no disguise of her human rights and democracy in the press conference differences.
Merkel in her criticism is special as stiff as a poker. She said, she passed a law can be used to kill dissidents, because Mr Putin returned to the President in May, after four years prime minister expressed concern about.
"Ms merkel said:" we talked about the Russian civil society, I expressed concern about certain legal plan, Mr Putin in the kremlin's joint news conference.
"I think we need to these questions openly and honestly say, this kind of dialogue is a mutual understanding and recognition of the conflict condition."
Mr Putin said, this year the biggest protests, because of his political rule is the largest country in the world since 2000, western powers don't fully understand the Russian.
"As for political and ideological questions, we heard our partner, but they heard from the very far place happening," he said.
Merkel clear, she thought it was too harsh prison, two women from the cat riot band staged a protest against Mr Putin in Moscow, the Russian orthodox church.
But the kremlin says, the cat riot have sinned against believers, and accused him of said in one of the band is a clear activists protests, another militant group walter Iraq's pretend to hang in a supermarket jews.
"We need to know what kind of person, we're dealing with, I don't think the modern Germany should support the anti-semitism," he said.
The cat riots quickly denied the accusation and says walter Iraq's protest anti-semitism and intends to pay attention to abuse of migrant workers and gay, Mr Putin's opinion, quickly became a social media ironically object.
Old friends and make new friends
Berlin and Moscow in the long run, the relationship between the tension memory the second world war and the cold war ideological differences, warm up after the collapse of communism and the Soviet union at in the autumn of 1991.
However, Mr Putin in dresden's KGB spent five years, Germany of speakers, never had a strong relationship and ms merkel and her predecessor Gerhard Schroeder (Gerhard Schroeder).
Germany's parliament last week, in Russia's human rights situation expressed concern, and urged Angela merkel questions, Mr Putin in a resolution, growing chill relationship.
Brought Mr Putin was elected President of the six years since march third term laws, including legislation to strengthen control of the Internet and expanding the definition of treason, made this week's law.
Mr Putin to defend freedom of information in Russia and the judiciary independence. The comparison of the recall with Soviet dictator josef Stalin's public trial political enemy, he said: "this is 1937 years here."
But, despite their differences, Germany and Russia has successfully maintain business relations on the track. Germany on Russia's 40% of the natural gas and 30% of dependence on oil, and at the same time also means any criticism of Russia's human rights can do anything to Germany's commercial interests of damage, ms merkel also must pay attention to.
Berlin is fear of provoking Moscow provoke it, because it can reduce energy supply Europe's revenge, had happened dispute and neighbouring Ukraine in Russia's price.
"We hope that Russia success... our idea is not always consistent, it is important that we listen to each other," ms merkel said, stressed that more than 6000 German companies in Russia.
She said, Germany needs Russia's oil and natural gas and other raw materials, and Berlin Moscow in need of help modernization, infrastructure and health care.
Preferential end during the visit, the Russian railway company signed a letter of intent, buy about 250 million euros ($32 billion) of the nearly 700 passengers from Germany's Siemens locomotive.
The countries of the European Union energy exports of monopoly gazprom's pricing policy question, and began to investigate the policy is fair. Mr Putin in the press conference to complain, but seems to have the dispute in the new development.




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