Crisis in Georgia: Merkel critisises Russian president Medvedev (27.08.2008) je

And in Berlin - Chancellor Angela Merkel told Russian President Medvedev that the presence of Russian troops in parts of Georgia is a grave violation of the ceasefire deal. Her phone call to Moscow was the first contact between the Kremlin and a western leader since Medvedev recognised South Ossetia and Abkazi as independent states.