lose the plot(Ukraine crisis: Vladimir Putin has lost the plot, says German chancellor // US reports said Merkel phoned Barack Obama on Sunday evening after speaking to the Russian president to press him to back down from his invasion of Ukraine and occupation of the Crimean peninsula. "She was not sure he was in touch with reality, people briefed on the call said. 'In another world,' she said," the New York Times reported. 4uzhoj)
