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Angela Merkel and Vladimir Putin clearly have a lot to talk about. For the second time in three months, the German chancellor and the Russian president will be getting together for a bilateral meeting. This time, after Merkel visited the Black Sea resort of Sochi in May, Putin will be coming to the German government’s retreat in Meseberg, a picturesque castle outside Berlin.

Why exactly the two leaders should choose to meet again this weekend is unclear — though it could have something to do with the fact that Merkel’s government, having just survived a domestic political crisis before the summer break, now has its mind clear for foreign policy, an area that plays to the chancellor’s long experience.

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