German Chancellor Olaf Scholz spoke with Russian leader Vladimir Putin on 15 November, calling on the Kremlin leader to end the war and withdraw Russian forces from Ukraine. Source: Süddeutsche Zeitung;

The first in two years conversation between German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Russian leader Vladimir Putin took place on the initiative of the former and in close coordination with other G7 countries and lasted about an hour.

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