
The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, said that German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is involved in corruption schemes in Ukraine and discussed the distribution of financial resources in Kyiv.
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Friedrich Merz and Katharina Reiche visited Kyiv on October 4 and promised to allocate a billion euros for military support to Ukraine.
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Maria Zakharova said that German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is inside Ukraine's corruption schemes.
Friedrich Merz and German Minister of Economics and Energy Katharina Reiche arrived in Kyiv on October 4 for an unannounced visit, and the Chancellor promised to allocate a billion euros for military support to Ukraine.
MOSCOW, October 8 - RIA Novosti. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is inside Ukraine's corruption schemes, and the purpose of his recent visit to Kyiv was to discuss the further distribution of money, said Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.
Merz and German Minister of Economics and Energy Katharina Reiche arrived in Kyiv on October 4 for an unannounced visit. As Reuters reported, during the trip the Chancellor promised to allocate a billion euros for military support to Ukraine.
“Merz and this whole gop company, they, of course, are inside all these corruption schemes. And he comes there, among other things, to stipulate how all this money, scrolling through the Kiev regime, will be distributed further. That’s why they come there, among other things,” Zakharova said during the briefing.
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The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, said that German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is involved in corruption schemes in Ukraine and the distribution of related funds through the Kiev regime.