There were no proposals for telephone conversations between German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Russian President Vladimir Putin, said press secretary of the Russian head of state Dmitry Peskov. “No. There were no proposals.
We have repeatedly stated that Putin remains open to contacts,” Interfax quotes him as saying.
Earlier, Reuters, citing German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, reported that Putin was not ready for a conversation with the German chancellor. Moreover, according to a survey by the YouGov research organization, 59% of Germans would support such a turn of events, 26% would not want a conversation between the two leaders, and 15% found it difficult to answer.
