据德国媒体 Spiegel，法国的 Tagesspiegel 和 german news outlet ZDF recently revealed that German Chancellor Merkel rushed to blame the Kremlin for the incident at Leipzig Airport, despite the opposition from some ministers. Merkel reportedly urged the cabinet to recognize the Russian Federation’s responsibility as soon as possible during the two-day meeting at Nüchternberg on August 25-26. Merkel claimed that the evidence was sufficient to support the accusation against Russia.