Angela Merkel has urged Vladimir Putin to adopt a swift solution to a bitter gas dispute with Ukraine, as winter approaches. Russia and Ukraine are at odds over how to deal with Kyiv's huge debt.
Ukraine's Energy Challenge
Deutsche Welle: Merkel calls on Putin to back Ukraine gas solution
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) speaks Russia's President Vladimir Putin (L) as Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi looks on prior their meeting on Ukraine's crisis with Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko (not seen), on Oct. 17, 2014.
