Putin and Scholz Plan First Phone Call in Almost Two Years

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-15/putin-and-germany-s-scholz-plan-to-hold-phone-call-friday

by Deepweight7

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  1. Article:

    Putin and Scholz Plan First Phone Call in Almost Two Years

    Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz plan to hold a phone call Friday, according to a person familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

    The call is the first direct communication between the leaders in almost two years. The conversation comes at a critical time for Ukraine as the country braces for the third winter under attack from Russia, with large parts of the country’s energy infrastructure damaged or destroyed.

    Uncertainty over support from Western allies has also been growing ahead of Donald Trump’s return to the White House next year. Germany is Ukraine’s second-biggest supporter after the US and has pledged billions of euros in additional aid.

    Some European officials have been making last-ditch appeals to the outgoing Biden administration to shore up Kyiv’s position before the presidential term ends in January. Trump, who takes office Jan. 20, has said he’d seek a quick deal between Kyiv and Moscow, raising concerns in Europe that such an accord would be disadvantageous to Ukraine and possibly entrench gains made by Russia since it invaded in 2022.

    The Europeans are asking the US to provide Ukraine with more weapons and artillery, impose additional sanctions on key Russian revenue streams and target Moscow’s ability to acquire banned technologies used in weapons.

    US Secretary of State Antony Blinken made a hastily arranged trip to Brussels on Wednesday to reassure NATO and European Union allies that the US will intensify its efforts to send resources to Ukraine ahead of the inauguration of Trump, who has strongly criticized the scale of the US effort to defend Kyiv.

    The resources he mentioned — money, ammunition, weapons — mainly come from a $61 billion package passed by the US Congress earlier this year. He added that “every dollar at our disposal” will be rushed through.

  2. Scholz shouldn’t, as he is arguably legitimate at this point in german politics.

  4. They probably need to discuss termination of Scholz’s contract with Putin.

  5. It was inevitable after Trump win. Germany have lots of its own problems and wont be able to single handedly support Ukraine.

  7. With the FSB about to enter the White House, the weasels across Europe finally have a reason to abandon Ukraine and they are wasting no time.

  8. yea but theyv sent probably nuds to eachother in that time

  10. Putin is calling for Sholtz help as Trump win is bad for him

  12. Scholz is afraid, he will do everything to avoid short term stress. 

    Putler probably has some dirt on Schilz, so he blocks long range weapons dlivery to Ukraine, because they want to bleed both countries dry slowly.

  14. It really does seem like Putin will be willing to do peace talks with Trump then. I don’t think it’s a coincidence now that Russia has a very good chance of a peace negotiation favorable to them that Putin is calling Scholz. Germany for its part has tried dialogue time and time and time and time and time again since 2022.

  15. Yes, do the Scholzomat, he WILL fall to sleep and never wake up again! Huzzaaah!

  16. I’m actually curious, how do these calls start?
    “- Hello
    – hey
    – how are you?
    – pretty good, you?”
    Or they go straight to the subject? I guess small talk can also “smoothen” the atmosphere

  17. Well, his term ends in February 2025 and he is seeking employment at Gazprom.

  19. Putin will start asking for peace talks and Scholz will reply asking for assylum! 😜

  20. Disappointing, but not unexpected. Liberal democracies can’t save themselves.

    edit. Downvote all you want. Nothing has changed except internal DE conditions ( caused by ineffective war admin ) that would warrant such a call. This will be seen as a surrender ( which it is ).

  21. I think they should invite Elon to this call, since he is so involved with world politics now.

  22. Someone doing job interviews for that lucrative Gazprom job already?

  23. No other European leader has supported Ukraine as much as Scholz and still people are badmouthing him here. Go to your own leaders and tell them to up support for Ukraine!

  24. Ahh, 2 hours old and we already have the „Germany bad“ drones at work

  25. No mather what he said putin will 100% see it a sign of europe buckling… trump is elected theretening to pull aid and the first thing that happens is a major european leader asks him for peace… jesus scholtz is stupid. Putins not gonna stop the war now is he… to him this probably looks like everything he ever wanted.

  26. pootin strategy works and he gonna continue to use it as much as possible.

  27. Probaly now that he resigned he is asking for his position in the advisory board of some russian company.

  31. Ah, yes, the last chance to openly suck up to him, how beautiful. ScholZ has been a great disgrace of the German Nation. A traitor, opportunist, weak puppet in the hands of Kremlin. Only worse chancellor I can think of is the one that shall not be named.

  32. Of course it’s not helping Ukraine but there are many possible voters who want a diplomatic solution. It’s part of his campaign

  34. The tweet Scholz put out on X about this is the most pathetic shit ever

  36. My guess is, Scholz did this call due to German politics. There will be new elections and the AfD and BSW are calling for a „diplomatic“ solution of the Ukraine war.
    After this call Scholz can argue he tried, but Putin refused.

  37. Didn’t the EU agree no talks with Putin before withdrawal? Good job Scholz, you blithering halfwit. You just undermined Europe even more.

  38. Guess he want to rig the next votes and needs some help

  39. Does Vladimir only choose to discuss with the small fish on their way out of the door now rather than the more solid European figures?

  40. I wonder why. Scholz must know talking to Putin is a waste of time, especially since he has more concerning issues in Germany right now. 

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