 Schultz, authorities in Moscow and Kiev, will have to strike an agreement. German Chancellor Olaf Schultz said he was planning to re-discuss the situation in Ukraine with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the phone in Dukov. Quite a long time has passed since their last telephone call. The German leader said in an interview with the Kholner, Statt and Ziga newspaper, but I plan to talk to Putin again in Dukov. Schultz said, We asked about the possible change of power in Russia, the German Chancellor said. I don't give a dime for such speculative questions. Ultimately, authorities in Moscow and Kiev will have to strike an agreement. He added, Putin and Schultz last had a telephone talk on December the 2nd. Their conversation lasted around an hour and was about the conflict in Ukraine and its consequences. During the call, the Russian President urged Berlin to reconsider its position in the context of the developments in Ukraine. The conversation was initiated by Germany. Before that, the two leaders had a telephone call on September the 13th, 2022. Schultz said that he was against any cold peace in Ukraine and that Kiev should put forward conditions for peace itself. Russia has to understand that the war cannot be ended by making some kind of cold peace. For instance, by turning the current front line into a new border between Russia and Ukraine, the German leader said in an interview, This, Schultz said, would legitimize Russia's territorial acquisitions. Rather, it is about a fair peace and the prerequisite for that is the withdrawal of Russian troops, he insisted. The German Chancellor refused to answer the question about whether that applied to Crimea as well. He simply reiterated the withdrawal of troops. Ukraine should be the one formulating conditions it wants to put forward, not us. He emphasized.