Andrei Martyanov — What Was Russia's Chief of General Staff Doing in Berlin in Talks With Merkel?

Valery Gerasimov is not the kind of guy who attends diplomatic meetings, him being present in Berlin together with Russia's foreign minister signals something very important in the making.

This question is kind of like asking what the CIA director was doing in Kiev shortly after the coup.

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What Was Russia's Chief of General Staff Doing in Berlin in Talks With Merkel?
Andrei Martyanov

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