German chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday called for trade talks between the EU and a Russia-led economic bloc as a way of maintaining dialogue with President Vladimir Putin - and of countering claims her Ukraine policy is too tough on Moscow.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a session of the Bundestag (Lower House of Parliament) in Berlin on Nov. 26, 2014.
