Scholz - about the elections in Russia and the signal to Putin: The very first thing that is important now is to send a clear si

Scholz - about the elections in Russia and the signal to Putin: The very first thing that is important now is to send a clear signal to the Russian president, who organized some kind of elections. He should know that his assumptions that we will not be able to support Ukraine for as long as necessary are wrong. In other words, he should not expect that the United States will elect a president who will immediately bury Ukraine. He should not count on the fact that we will not be able to mobilize sufficient support over time. [At the beginning of the war, you had direct contacts with Putin from time to time, there were phone calls. When was the last time you communicated with him directly?] The direct conversation was more than a year ago. The same applies to other people who had intense discussions with him, for example, Emmanuel Macron. We both said we’d do it again, but the timing has to be right. Putin must show these former partners what he really expects in this war. Russia must,... Source: Victor vicktop55