German Chancellor Olaf Scholz promised the resumption of economic relations with Russia after the war. He stated this on Monday during an event on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Committee on Eastern European Economic Relations, RND reports..

According to him, Russia will remain the largest country on the European continent even after the end of the war, and Russian citizens seeking a different future also need a chance to cooperate.. However, while this question is not relevant.

“One thing is clear: today the relationship that we had before is reduced to a minimum.. Now we are strengthening the sanctions,” Scholz said..

Scholz is convinced that with his war, Vladimir Putin is destroying not only the lives of Ukrainians, their infrastructure, cities and villages, but also the future of Russia..

“And it is precisely for this that he must answer to his own country and his own people:

whose future he influences in this way,” the chancellor emphasized..

Scholz called Putin's desire to create a new Russian empire the goal of Putin's war.. He also stressed that this is a gross violation of international law..

" And Russia will not win it,” he stressed..

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Scholz has previously stated that he does not believe that Russian President Vladimir Putin will make concessions in the war against Ukraine and that Russia will not win the war..