Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday denied using his dog to intimidate former German Chancellor Angela Merkel during a meeting at his Black Sea residence in Sochi in 2007.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said he didn't intend to scare German chancellor Angela Merkel with his black Labrador Koni in 2007. Putin apologized to Merkel, saying he wanted to create a favourable atmosphere for their conversation.

The Kremlin dismissed former German chancellor Angela Merkel's description of a 2007 meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin as simply further evidence of Merkel's anti-Russian bias. In her newly published memoirs,

Russian President Vladimir Putin denied on Thursday that he had deliberately used his black labrador Koni to intimidate German Chancellor Angela Merkel at a meeting in 2007 that became a notorious diplomatic incident.

Former German chancellor Angela Merkel, who has a well-documented fear of animals, recalled the tense encounter in her memoir released Tuesday, accusing Putin of inviting the pet as a 'demonstration of power.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin apologized to former German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday, saying that he did not deliberately intend to

Asked about the incident on Thursday, Russia's Vladimir Putin denied knowing about Angela Merkel’s fear of dogs and said he had later apologised to her.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has apologised to former German chancellor Angela Merkel, saying that he did not mean to scare her when he brought his pet Labrador to a

Vladimir Putin claims he apologized to former German Chancellor Angela Merkel for bringing his Labrador to a meeting in 2007, not knowing about her fear of dogs. "Angela, please forgive me, I did not want to cause you any heartache,

The German Chancellor's autobiography caught the attention of Russian media; with Putin being asked why he frightened Merkel with a dog during a meeting. Russian President Putin has apologised to Angela Merkel for an incident from 2007.