Scholz made a statement about Putin

Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz declared that he had not communicated with the Russian dictator Vladimir Putin from December 2022.

Although before that, contacts were more frequent. This is reported by Märkische Allgemeine.

“Our last phone call was in December 2022 – before that we communicated more often,” he said.

A few days before Russia launched its full-scale war in February 2022, Scholz visited Putin in Moscow, where they sat around a long table.

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“A few days before the war, we talked for a very long time in person in Moscow. Do you remember that long table where I had to sit with him because he was concerned about the coronavirus? We discussed it for more than four hours,” Scholz recalled.

He added that the decision to end the war is in Putin’s hands.

“Let me say one thing very clearly: peace is possible at any time. Putin just has to stop his barbaric campaign and withdraw his troops,” the chancellor said.

Scholz also insisted that his decision not to supply Ukraine with Taurus cruise missiles is connected with the desire to prevent a direct collision between Russia and NATO.