Angela Merkel has accused Vladimir Putin of enjoying her discomfort after the Russian president brought his pet Labrador into a meeting despite her fear of dogs. Following the pair's first meeting ...

The former German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, was once described as the world's most powerful woman. Here she talks to the BBC’s Katya Adler about Ukraine, Vladimir Putin’s nuclear threat - and ...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on Friday for Russian President Vladimir Putin to release Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny from prison on the one-year anniversary of his near-fatal poisoning.

The recently published memoirs of former German Chancellor Angela Merkel are fuelling the present-day criticism of her legacy ...

Angela Merkel paid an official visit to Russia on May 18 and Vladimir Putin met her on the doorstep of his countryside residence Bocharov Ruchey and handed her a bouquet of flowers MOSCOW ...

Angela Merkel has told Vladimir Putin that she is “open to the idea” of producing Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine in the EU as part of efforts to tackle widespread shortages across the continent.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin are not friends, and may even be adversaries. But throughout the crisis over Ukraine and Crimea, Merkel has been the one world ...