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He also used the occasion to take a jab at Russian President Vladimir Putin, who he said has held back progress in Europe: “But as Russia’s actions against Ukraine remind us, we have more work to do to fully realize our shared vision of a Europe that is whole, free and at peace.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3573265/barack-obama-berlin-wall-2014/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3573265/barack-obama-berlin-wall-2014/"},"headline":"Obama Says He Will 'Never Forget' Berlin Wall Fall","datePublished":"2014-11-07T22:20:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T11:19:04.077Z","description":"While commending the reunification of Germany, the President criticized Russia's actions in Ukraine for unsettling Europe","url":"https://time.com/3573265/barack-obama-berlin-wall-2014/","keywords":["putin","russia","Barack Obama","Foreign Policy","History","europe","Obama","Berlin Wall"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3573265/barack-obama-berlin-wall-2014/","name":"Obama Says He Will 'Never Forget' Berlin Wall Fall"}}]}] ```