{"id":554226,"date":"2023-02-20T16:41:54","date_gmt":"2023-02-20T13:41:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/russian-pranksters-call-merkel-posing-as-ukraines-ex-leader\/"},"modified":"2023-02-20T16:41:54","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T13:41:54","slug":"russian-pranksters-call-merkel-posing-as-ukraines-ex-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/russian-pranksters-call-merkel-posing-as-ukraines-ex-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"#Russian pranksters call Merkel posing as Ukraine&#8217;s ex-leader"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a30e620889ef\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a30e620889ef\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/russian-pranksters-call-merkel-posing-as-ukraines-ex-leader\/#Russian_pranksters_call_Merkel_posing_as_Ukraines_ex-leader\" >Russian pranksters call Merkel posing as Ukraine&#8217;s ex-leader<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Russian_pranksters_call_Merkel_posing_as_Ukraines_ex-leader\"><\/span>Russian pranksters call Merkel posing as Ukraine&#8217;s ex-leader<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>BERLIN (AP) \u2014 Russian pranksters posing as Ukraine\u2019s ex-President Petro Poroshenko managed to contact Angela Merkel by phone to discuss developments in Ukraine and Belarus, although the former German chancellor was wary about the entire call, Merkel&#8217;s office said Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Merkel&#8217;s office said the former German leader received a call Jan. 12 from someone claiming to be Poroshenko. The conversation was assisted by a German-Ukrainian interpreter from the German Foreign Ministry&#8217;s language service.<\/p>\n<p>In an emailed statement, the office said Merkel informed the ministry afterward about the \u201cimpression that she gained of the caller during the call,\u201d but didn&#8217;t elaborate on what that was.<\/p>\n<p>Vladimir Kuznetsov and Alexei Stolyarov, known as Vovan and Lexus, posted on their Telegram channel what they said were excerpts from the call. The pair have previously embarrassed European politicians including French President Emmanuel Macron, Polish President Andrzej Duda and then-British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, as well as Elton John and Prince Harry, with similar hoax calls.<\/p>\n<p>The recording features Merkel saying \u2014 as she has done publicly before \u2014 that the much-criticized Minsk peace agreement had bought precious time for Ukraine. Merkel and former French President Francois Hollande had brokered the peace agreement with Poroshenko and Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2015. She also criticizes repression in autocratic Belarus.<\/p>\n<p>Poroshenko was Ukraine&#8217;s president from 2014 until 2019. Merkel led Germany from 2005 until the end of 2021.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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