The meeting of Vladimir Putin and Angela Merkel at the four-sided summit in Istanbul caused a barrage of criticism in Germany. Politicians did not like the fact that the German Chancellor was too friendly and polite towards the President of Russia. The Blind publication has published an article with the headline "Should Merkel hold hands with Putin and Erdogan?".

The representative of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation Dirk Kunze argues that the German politician should not hold Putin’s hand and was obliged to demand that Moscow engage in the restoration of Syria.

"Photos say over a thousand words. Merkel has lost her internal and now foreign policy compass. There should be no demonstrative closeness with authoritarian leaders, "the Blind publication quoted the representative of the Free Democratic Party of Germany, Mikhail Turer..

At the same time, some political analysts did not find anything bad in the fact that Merkel politely communicated with the leader of Russia.