When Vladimir Putin apparently promised that four Siemens gas turbines sold last year for use in a Russian power plant would reach their intended destination, Angela Merkel’s government took the Russian president’s assurances to heart. Siemens now says the turbines have wound up in Crimea, in violation of sanctions that ban such trade with the Ukrainian province stolen by Russia in 2014.
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An employee of German industrial giant Siemens stands in front of a company logo in Berlin on Nov. 12, 2015.
