Germany’s chancellor discussed compensation for Russian victims of the Nazis during a meeting with President Boris Yeltsin. The Holocaust-era victims should seek payments from a fund created last week by 12 leading German firms, Gerhard Schroeder said during a visit to Moscow. Meanwhile, Commerzbank, Germany’s fifth largest bank, said it would also contribute to the fund.
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