german chancellor meets russian president

German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived in Moscow on Sunday to lay a wreath at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier near the Kremlin and held talks with President Vladimir Putin, a day after the celebrations of the 70th anniversary of WW2 victory.

Merkel did not attend a military parade on Red Square. The event was shunned by Western leaders angered by Russia’s role in the conflict in Ukraine.

It is planned that the leaders of Russia and Germany will discuss the crisis in Ukraine.

Merkel and French President Francois Hollande helped broker a ceasefire between Ukrainian forces and Pro-Russian Separatists in Eastern Ukraine, but it has been violated many times.