"It is known that the Russian president drinks German beer with pleasure, sometimes it is possible to exchange. I once got really good smoked fish," Merkel said Monday at a joint briefing with leaders of other German parties.
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Last week, Putin told the interviewer in a feature-length promotional film that from time to time, Merkel brings him a few bottles of Radeberger beer. The president said that this is the kind of beer he enjoyed drinking while working in the German Democratic Republic.