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Merkel's memoirs in a book: Putin exploited my fear of dogs for his "power games"

2024-11-22 18:14:11Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Merkel's memoirs in a book: Putin exploited my fear of dogs for his
Merkel-Putin meeting in 2007

Angela Merkel has accused Vladimir Putin of exploiting her fear of dogs as part of his "power games" during a meeting with her at his Black Sea resort.

In excerpts from her book Freiheit [Freedom], published by German newspaper Die Zeit, the former German chancellor said the meeting was typical of the Russian leader's tactics.

Merkel was referring to their infamous meeting in Sochi in 2007, when Putin allowed Koni, his black labrador, into the room, despite Merkel's reported dislike of animals.

Merkel, who is said to have been afraid of dogs since she was bitten by one in 1995, wrote that Putin was "always ready to avoid his ill treatment, including power games with his dogs and to make others wait for him".

Putin has claimed that he took his dog out to make the former German leader feel more at ease by "doing something nice for her".

Merkel's memoirs in a book: Putin exploited my fear of dogs for his
Merkel-Putin meeting in 2007

In another extract from the 700-page memoir, to be published next week, Merkel also addressed her relationship with an "emotional" Donald Trump, who was "apparently infatuated with the Russian president".

She said that "his main aim was to make the person he was talking to feel guilty... at the same time I got the impression... that he also wanted the person he was talking to to like him".

The 70-year-old also addressed the controversial moment when Trump apparently refused to shake her hand on camera during a White House meeting in 2017 in an apparent attempt to humiliate her.

"Instead of dealing with it stoically, I whispered that we should shake hands again," she writes. "As soon as the words left my mouth, I shook my head to myself. How could I forget what effect he wanted to achieve… he wanted to give people something to talk about with his behavior."

In another extract, Merkel revealed how she had asked the Pope for some advice on how to deal with politicians on the global stage in an apparent reference to Mr Trump.


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