Ukraine war: Merkel says she lacked power to influence Putin

Merkel says she lost sway with Russia as a lame duck: ‘For Putin, only power counts’

Former German leader Angela Merkel says her decision to step down as chancellor last year caused her to lose sway with Russia in the months leading up to its invasion of Ukraine. “The feeling was very clear: ‘In terms of power politics, you are through,'” Merkel said in a recent interview with the German magazine…

Germany’s Merkel says didn’t have political strength for pre-invasion Ukraine talks

BERLIN: Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she had aimed to convene European talks with Vladimir Putin the year before his invasion of Ukraine but in the end did not see any possibility of influencing the Russian president at the end of her term. Merkel told the Spiegel news magazine in an interview published on Thursday that she and French President Emmanuel Macron

Angela Merkel says she lost influence over Putin as a lame duck leader

Germany’s former chancellor defends her actions amid barrage of accusations since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Angela Merkel says she was powerless to stop Putin invading Ukraine because he knew she was about to leave office

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that in her last visit to Moscow it was "very clear" that she had no more sway with Putin.

Ukraine war: Merkel says she lacked power to sway Putin

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she had aimed to convene European talks with Vladimir Putin the year before his invasion of Ukraine but in the end did not see any possibility of influencing the Russian president at the end of her term.

Former German Chancellor Merkel: “For Putin, only power counts”

Angela Merkel saw no chance of influencing Russian President Vladimir Putin's behavior in her last year as German chancellor. “I no longer had the power to get my way, because everyone knew: she'll be gone in autumn,” Merkel says in an extensive article in the German magazine Der Spiegel.