Germany’s ‘Putin-caressers’ start coming to terms with their naivety

Analysis: politicians who believed Putin could be ‘tamed by empathy and accommodation’ are having to hurriedly rethink their positionsRussia-Ukraine crisis: live updatesProminent figures in Germany are coming under increasing pressure to publicly distance themselves from Vladimir Putin amid accusations that they are bringing shame on the country and themselves.The range of so-called Putin-Versteher (Putin-understanders) – those who have sought to explain or justify the Russian