Tough talks, no agreements at Merkel, Putin meeting near Berlin

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters no agreements were reached, but the meeting had simply been intended to "check the watches" after Merkel's meeting with Putin in the Black Sea resort of Sochi in May.Ties between the two countries have been strained since Russia's annexation of the Crimea region of Ukraine in 2014."That’s why it is necessary to take measures against possible non-competitive and illegal attacks from the third countries in order to complete this project eventual