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BRUSSELS - German chancellor Angela Merkel's top aide on Russia has said she is "frustrated" by Moscow's broken promises, while raising the alarm on Russian air manoeuvres. Gernot Erler spoke to Polish daily Gazeta Wyborcza on Dec. 9, ahead of new Russia-Ukraine peace talks due in Minsk.

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