Merkel, Hollande ruin Putin’s Munich ploy at G20 summit

WASHINGTON, September 7, 2016 – Russian President Vladimir Putin attempted to ratchet up pressure on Ukraine in early August, with the bizarre accusation that Ukrainian military saboteurs attempted to infiltrate Crimea to commit destabilizing, terrorist attacks. His motive for those accusations may have involved meetings with German and French leaders at the G20 summit in Hangzhou.…