putin: a treaty must reflect "new territorial realities" according to the kremlin, putin demanded in his conversations with scholz that a possible treaty to end the ukraine war has to reflect "new territorial realities". "possible deals should respect the security interests of the russian federation and especially attack the real causes of conflict", they declared. last personal meeting shortly before the invasion the last time that scholz and putin had an hour-long call was on dec 2nd 2022. currently the chancellor is working towards a second ukraine peace conference after a conference in switzerland this past summer, to which russia could attend as well. but so far there is no date in sight. after the russian attack on the ukraine which began in february 2022, the communication channels to moscow have been closed for the most part. last time that scholz met with putin in person was one week before the russian attack at his inauguration visit in moscow. because of corona, the two sat meters apart at a huge oval table inside the kremlin. after the invasion there have been occasional talks at first which then ceased. this was primarily due to the russian warfare in the ukraine and missing prospects to concrete results.
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