Germany's Scholz and Russia's Putin to Hold Phone Call on Friday, Bloomberg Reports
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Russian President Vladimir Putin are due to hold a phone call on Friday, Bloomberg reported. The leaders last spoke directly in December 2022. The German government did not immediately comment when contacted by Reuters.
Germany's Scholz calls Russia's Putin in first such conversation in 2 years
The German news agency DPA is reporting that Chancellor Olaf Scholz had a one-hour call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the first such conversation in two years
German Leader Urges Putin to Enter Ukraine Talks in Phone Call
Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Chancellor Olaf Scholz held a phone call Friday as the German leader urged the president to enter talks with Ukraine to end the war.
Germany's Scholz Discusses Ukraine With Russia's Putin in First Such Call in 2 Years
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has spoken with Russian President Vladimir Putin in what appeared to be the first conversation with the sitting leader of a major Western power in nearly two years
News updates from November 15: Germany’s Scholz phones Russia’s Putin; US stocks suffer worst weekly decline in more than 2 months
Scholz’s spokesman Steffen Hebestreit said Scholz “condemned the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine and called on President Putin to end it and withdraw his troops”. The chancellor also stressed Germany’s “steadfast determination” to support Ukraine in its fight against Russian aggression “as long as is necessary”.
Germany’s Scholz calls Putin, ending Western isolation over Ukraine
Chancellor Olaf Scholz spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday for the first time in nearly two years as the German leader gears up for a snap election and Europe waits to hear Donald Trump’s plan for ending the war in Ukraine.
Germany's Scholz urges Putin in phone call to open talks with Ukraine
By Thomas Escritt and Andreas Rinke BERLIN (Reuters) -German Chancellor Olaf Scholz urged Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday in their first phone call in nearly two years to pull his forces out of Ukraine and begin talks with Kyiv that would open the way for a "just and lasting peace".
German Stats Body Says Suffered Possible Data Breach
Germany's national statistics agency Destatis said Friday it had been the victim of a suspected data leak, following a media report that the organisation had been attacked by pro-Russian hackers.
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