Putin and Merkel: A Rivalry of History, Distrust and Power Vladimir Putin and Angela Merkel now represent the sharply divergent visions clashing in the world. The question is, which one will come out on top? Share: Facebook Twitter Google+ Stumble Digg Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to Facebook Related Posts:Europe Shut These Migrants Out, Libyan Rebels Bombed ThemTwo U.K. Hospitals Allow Vape Shops in Bid to Promote Smoking BanVincent Lambert, Frenchman at Center of Right-to-Die Case, Dies at 42British Ambassador, Epstein, Merkel: Your Thursday BriefingFive Iranian Boats Approach British Tanker in Persian GulfSearch for Emanuela Orlandi, Missing for Three Decades, Leads to Vatican Cemetery