"Nord Stream-2", Syrian and Ukrainian issues - behind these topics, the president and the chancellor hide the true intentions of the upcoming talks, political scientists say..

Recall, the official list of points discussed voiced the day before the representative of Angela Merkel Steffen Seibert. However, experts believe this version is only partly plausible. Most likely, they believe, the parties will consider the "revenge" of the United States on sanctions and duties on aluminum and steel, which affected both countries. In addition, both Russia and Germany are wary of the consequences of the anti-Turkish restrictions imposed by the US not so long ago. Moscow, however, Washington threatened with new sanctions for the attempt at the Violins. However, while they did not affect the German companies operating in Russia, which, according to analysts, is only a matter of time. First of all, the restrictions will affect the banking and energy sectors, believes the head of the Eastern Committee of German Economy Michael Harms. "I do not see any changes in the relations between Moscow and Berlin. But on specific and specific issues, we now cooperate more closely. Basically, this is the answer to American foreign policy, which Washington is conducting today, "the expert said in an interview with The New York Times. There was no noticeable rapprochement between the states and another interlocutor of the newspaper. According to Stefan Meister, Program Director for Central and Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia from the German Foreign Policy Society, Saturday's dialogue is equally needed for both Putin and Merkel. "I would consider this meeting in a broader, global context. I do not see this as a signal about the warming of relations between Berlin and Moscow, but there is a certain overlap of interests between them, and in these areas they are increasingly willing to cooperate, "Meister shared his opinion. As for protocol issues, the first on the agenda will be a conversation about "SP-2".

The parties will discuss how to stretch the pipeline on the bottom of the Baltic Sea bypassing Ukraine and Poland. It is the gas main, according to American leader Donald Trump, will drive Germany into energy slavery and make the country a Russian captive. Berlin refuted the tramp's arguments, explaining. why Russia will not turn the gas main into a "political weapon". It is worth noting that the upcoming talks between Putin and Merkel are scheduled exactly three months after the previous ones that took place at the presidential residence in Sochi.