Russian pranksters posing as Ukraine's ex-leader call Merkel

[President Johnson]

Disgusting. Now used by Russian propaganda

https://twitter.com/dwnews/status/1627700095910027266

Germany's former chancellor received a prank call from a pair claiming to be Ukraine's former President Petro Poroshenko. During the call, she apparently said the Minsk peace deal had bought time for Ukraine.

The office of former German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday that she had received a call on January 12 from someone claiming to be Ukraine's ex-President Petro Poroshenko.

A renowned duo of Russian pranksters also released excerpts of the call on Monday.

"I can confirm a phone call with a caller who posed as former [Ukrainian] President Petro Poroshenko," a Merkel spokesperson told the German news agency DPA.

Merkel's office said the call was supported by a translation from the German Foreign Ministry. The statement added that the former leader then informed the ministry about the "impression that she gained of the caller during the call," without elaborating on what that was.

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[lfromnj]

And we spent billions on the NSA to spy on her ?

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

146 million people in Russia. I guess it's not surprising at least one of them might do a prank call.

[CumbrianLefty]

Yes, this is really a bit of a nothingburger.

To put it another way - if it was the worst sort of thing Russia got up to, we would all be better off.