Merkel Says Cold War Over as 21st Century Rules Take Precedence
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she’s moved on from the Cold War as she upbraided Russia for refusing to play by 21st-century diplomatic rules.
Merkel, the country’s first chancellor from the former Communist East Germany, speaks Russian and has telephoned with President Vladimir Putin regularly since Russia moved to seize Crimea to urge him to back down.