Relatives of Ukrainian political prisoners and human rights activists hold a placard depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel smiling, and the "Nord Stream 2" gas pipe-line, during a rally in front of the German embassy in Kiev, on April 11, 2019. - Demonstrators held an action demanding to stop Germany's attempts to lift sanctions against Russia and to increase pressure to release detained Ukrainian. Russia has detained or condemned at least 97 Ukrainian political prisoners on the territory of the Russian Federation and the occupied Crimea, as well as more than 120 prisoners of war and civilian hostages in the occupied Donbas. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)