Munich Security Conference

'Germany based its Russia-policy on hope, not on facts'

The approach of former chancellor Angela Merkel turned out to be based on hope and not on facts, Wolfgang Ischinger, chairman of the Munich Security Conference says in an interview. Looking back he wonders how it was possible to be so naive and utterly wrong.

by Vazha Tavberidze
'Open doors are good, but we need open answers!'

President Putin didn't show up at the Munich Security Conference, but the Ukrainian president Volodymyr
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