
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.
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Statements by the Russian Foreign Ministry regarding Western leaders against the backdrop of support for Ukraine.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is a participant in corruption schemes in Ukraine. This was stated by official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova during a briefing, a Lenta.ru correspondent reports.
“Merz and this whole gop company, they, of course, are inside all these corruption schemes. And he comes there, among other things, to negotiate how all this money, circulating through the Kiev regime, will be distributed further,” the diplomat said.
According to Zakharova, in German political circles Merz was dubbed the “Ukrainian Chancellor.”

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