Austrian Federal Chancellor Karl Nehammer, after meeting with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, said that he knows about the dangers of sanctions and the suffering of people, but added that there is no alternative to Putin's military logic, Apa reports..
He said that Putin promised gas supplies to Europe under existing contracts, for which it would be possible to pay in euros..
The Austrian chancellor noted that Putin "
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Nehammer met with Putin on April 11.
The chancellor made it clear that sanctions against Russia will continue and will be intensified while people are dying in Ukraine.
Nehammer later described the meeting as "
At the end of his visit to Putin, Nehammer heard from him: "
The New York Times wrote that the meaning of these words was not clear, since they could either signal that Putin was ready for further peace negotiations, or that he could prepare a quick and brutal assault in the Donbass..