If Russian leader Vladimir Putin was trying to use refugees to topple German chancellor Angela Merkel, then Aleppo was a step too far, Norbert Roettgen, the head of the Bundestag’s foreign affairs committee, has told EUobserver.
EUobserver: Is Putin trying to topple Merkel?
German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks to the media during the winter conference of Christian Social Union (CSU) state parliamentary group on January 20, 2016 in Wildbad Kreuth.