AssetID: 55161852
Headline: Merkel Sparks Controversy Suggesting Russia Invasion Could Have Been Avoided
Caption: Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel claimed Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine might have been prevented if there had been no Covid pandemic.
Keywords: Current Affairs & Politics,Angela Merkel,Russia,Ukraine,invasion,criticism,Nord Stream,Eastern Europe,Kremlin,Germany,memoir,Freedom,European security,diplomacy,Putin,Covid,international relations,German politics,NATO,controversy
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