Monday, April 27, 2015

Shaking hands at Torgau

Russian ambassador to Germany Vladimir Grinin and his US counterpart John Emerson met at Torgau on the River Elbe today to recall the Soviet and US armies meeting there 70 years ago today.

The Russian ambassador spoke in German.

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