"Emirat Abu Dhabi is the perfect place for conspiracy meetings of diplomats from Germany and Russia. Citizens of both countries can get there without hindrance. In a desert country they have discretion,” writes Die Zeit. As the editorial board found out, on the first weekend of November a delegation of trusted Putin's people rented to a secret gathering with erstwhile German politicians and lobbyists rooms at the luxury hotel Bab al-Qasr on the Persian Gulf.
