默克尔与普京通电商讨危机

A Kremlin statement says Russian President Vladimir Putin told German Chancellor Angela Merkel that the measures Moscow has taken in Ukraine were completely fitting given the "extraordinary situation".

During a telephone conversation on Sunday, Putin told Merkel that Russian citizens and Russian-speakers in Ukraine face the threat of violence from ultra-nationalists.

Merkel expressed concern about developments in Ukraine and agreed that Russia and Germany would continue consultations to seek the "normalisation" of thesituation in Ukraine.