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Row over Merkel talks with Russian envoys

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Germany's chancellor Angela Merkel's meeting earlier this week with Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov and the head of Russia's military general staff, Valery Gerasimov, has sparked a political row with opposition parties, given the lack of details on the talks. Gerasimov is barred from entering the EU, following 2014 sanctions over Russia's invasion of Ukraine - but Berlin allowed him in anyway after issuing a waiver.

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