German Chancellor Angela Merkel is in Moscow for talks with President Vladimir Putin, her final official trip to Russia as she prepares to step down next month after nearly 16 years.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel is welcomed by the unidentified Russian army general as she arrives for a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of Unknown Soldier at the Kremlin wall in Moscow, August 20, 2021, prior her talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. - The trip will be the 20th and last visit to Russia as German Chancellor, who bows out of politics following an election in Germany on September 26, 2021. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko / POOL / AFP)