Merkel 'may well' travel to Russia World CupGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel may well visit Russia for the football World Cup beginning this month in the face of international opprobrium for Moscow, she said Sunday. Watering canGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel held a watering can she got as a gift during an election campaign rally of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in Heilbronn, southern Germany on August 16, 2017. Carnival receptionGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel received royal couples of the federal German states during the carnival reception at the Chancellery in Berlin on January 23, 2017.