German Chancellor Angela Merkel challenged Russia to end the conflict over Ukraine, suggesting she'll keep pointing the finger at the Kremlin as long as needed. In a speech to a convention of her Christian Democratic Union on Dec. 9, Merkel said "what's been happening for months in Ukraine threatens Europe's peaceful order." She accused Russia of violating international law and criticized it for thinking in terms of "spheres of influence."
Russia's War Against Ukraine
Bloomberg: Merkel says Russian role in Ukraine must be named, shamed
German Chancellor and head of Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Angela Merkel arrives to deliver a speech after being reelected for the 8th time with 96, 72 percent of votes at her party congress on December 9, 2014 in Cologne, western Germany. Germany's conservative Christian Democrats were expected to overwhelmingly re-elect Merkel as unopposed party chief at the two-day meeting with more than 1,000 CDU delegates.
