{"id":199213,"date":"2024-11-25T18:04:03","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T18:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/angela-merkel-defends-ties-with-russia-and-blocking-ukraine-from-nato-bbc-news\/"},"modified":"2024-11-25T18:04:03","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T18:04:03","slug":"angela-merkel-defends-ties-with-russia-and-blocking-ukraine-from-nato-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/angela-merkel-defends-ties-with-russia-and-blocking-ukraine-from-nato-bbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Angela Merkel defends ties with Russia and blocking Ukraine from Nato | BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/gl2nNY6Z0WY\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Angela Merkel defends ties with Russia and blocking Ukraine from Nato | BBC News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gl2nNY6Z0WY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has told the BBC the gas deals she made with Russia were intended to help German firms and kept the peace with Moscow.<\/p>\n<p>She also insisted the war with Ukraine would have started earlier if she hadn\u2019t blocked Kyiv\u2019s entry into Nato in 2008.<\/p>\n<p>Angela Merkel led Germany for 16 years. She was in office during the financial crisis, the 2015 migrant crisis and, significantly, Russia\u2019s 2014 invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>She says she believes the war in Ukraine would have started sooner and would likely have been worse, if Kyiv had begun the path to Nato membership in 2008.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe here: http:\/\/bit.ly\/1rbfUog<\/p>\n<p>For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>#Germany #Russia #BBCNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has told the BBC the gas deals she made with Russia were intended to help German firms and kept the peace with Moscow. She also insisted the war with Ukraine would have started earlier if she hadn\u2019t blocked Kyiv\u2019s entry into Nato in 2008. 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