(3 Sep 2025) RESTRCTION SUMMARY: AGENCY POOL Beijing, China - 3 September 2025 ++STARTS AND ENDS ON SOUNDBITES++ 1. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Vladimir Putin, Russian President: "I think it (German Chancellor Friedrich Merz calling Putin a "war criminal") is an unsuccessful attempt to skirt responsibility not from himself personally, but from his country and the collective West for the tragedy that is happening now in Ukraine." ++BLACK FRAMES++ 2. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Vladimir Putin, Russian President: