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Putin's Health on Display in 2-4hr Yearly Address; Merkel Can't Ignore Navalny & Tiergarten

RUSSIA

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  • Putin to hold Russia's year-end conference today combined with call-in questions from the public: 2-4hrs (8:00 GMT).
  • Some saying Putin's health will be on display today - looking for signs of illness as speculation regarding Parkinson's and a need to step down next year circulates
  • Kremlin has downplayed this.
  • Merkel: Germany needs good relations with Russia, but cannot turn a blind eye to controversial points.
  • Highlights Navalny case, Tiergarten murder as such points and says there has been little progress on the Minsk process.
  • No need for a "new start" to relations, however - TASS
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