Can Angela Merkel speak Russian?

Education and scientific career. At school Merkel learned to speak Russian fluently, and was awarded prizes for her proficiency in Russian and mathematics.

Does Putin speak German?

Putin studied German at Saint Petersburg High School 281 and speaks German as a second language.

What breed is Putin’s dog?

Verni (2017–present) The puppy is an Alabai, a top Turkmen-bred variety of the Central Asia shepherd dog. ‘Verni’ means ‘faithful’ or ‘loyal’ in Russian.

What is Germany’s relationship with Russia?

Relations between the two nations since the fall of Communism in 1991 have been generally good but not always without tension. German chancellor Gerhard Schröder placed high value on relations with Russia and worked for the completion of the Nord Stream gas pipeline between them.

How many languages can Merkel speak?

German
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Which world leader speaks the most languages?

Ziad Fazah, born in Liberia, brought up in Beirut and now living in Brazil, claims to be the world’s greatest living polyglot, speaking a total of 59 world languages. He has been ‘tested’ on Spanish television, where it was not clear just how well he could communicate in some of them.

Does Russia have animal cruelty laws?

Russia’s Penal Code addresses animal cruelty under its chapter on crimes against human health and public morality. The Code prohibits causing injury or death to an animal with malicious or mercenary motives, or with sadistic methods, or in the presence of minors.

What do Vladimir Putin and Angela Merkel have in common?

Merkel, who grew up in East Germany and spent her young adulthood there, shares a common geography with Putin, a former KGB major who guarded the KGB bureau in Dresden, Germany, when the Berlin Wall fell in 1989. Merkel and Putin switch between German and Russian during their meetings and regular phone calls.

What did Angela Merkel say about Ukraine?

Merkel said that ‘Ukraine was not the one we know today,’ saying it was a country very divided and dominated by oligarchs. ‘It wasn’t an internally democratically stable country,’ she said.

Did Putin scare Merkel with his dog?

Germany’s Angela Merkel watches uneasily as Russian President Vladimir Putin’s dog approaches in 2007. Russian President Vladimir Putin has told a German newspaper he did not mean to scare Chancellor Angela Merkel when he brought his pet Labrador in to meet her during an infamous press conference nine years ago.

What did Angela Merkel say about the war in Iraq?

In her first substantial comments since leaving office six months ago, Merkel said there was ‘no justification whatsoever’ for the ‘brutal’ and illegal war of aggression, she said, adding that President Vladimir Putin had made ‘a big mistake’