German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder pledges European support for a strong Russia, telling Vladimir Putin building a civil society and independent media is vital for the strength of his country. Meeting in Saint Petersburg, the leaders of Germany and Russia were set to tackle issues related to European Security, Russia-United States relations, the Kyoto protocol and Russia’s 20 billion Euro debt to Germany, but the problem of NTV, whose journalists fear that a takeover would tighten Kremlin con...
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