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germany. but important travel plans have received a lot of media attention lately after him. and went to belarus and. germany. contra to visit. president germany has long been brushes. and one of the biggest markets. russia germany trade was worth the records. countries are also working together. which would deliver russia. to its first line was launched. hello mr brown welcome to the show thank you very much for being with us well first of all how was it seen here in germany that mr putin chose berlin as his first destination in europe first foreign destination outside the post have its place now we have two. schools of thought in germany concerning russia one is very interesting ethic about russia this is a business community and the into the aesthetic lee of course welcomed mr putin here in germany and they understand that for mr putin they can do business with russia and as long as he's in power they will face stability on the russian market and this simply see no alternative to him and can't imagine any real alternative for him in the next six years there's another small school of thought t

germany since taking office again last month. russia, along with china, has blocked condemnation of the syrian government by the u.n. security council. >> vladimir putin arrived an hour away from his previous stopover in belaruslasting just a few hours, perhaps the surest -- jordis visit yet to berlin by a russian head of state. the meeting was not cordial. chancellor merkel's these are far removed from the russian president's. the 90 minutes of talks were dominated by the situation in syria. germany supports the international peace plan for the violent country. merkel has been scoring her position with the american and french presidents. >> prospects in syria look really bad, and we absolutely candid the human rights violations taking place there. >> in the u.s. security council, russia and china had been blocking international action against syria. the u.s. secretary of state says russia is only further destabilizing the situation by supporting the baskets. >> we are focused on supporting kofi annan, reaching out, both inside and outside of syria, bringing together those that are most directly affected, particularly in the region. >> as putin arrived at the berlin chancellery, a small but vocal group of dem