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How the Chancellor wants to appease Putin
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Chancellor Olaf Scholz at a press conference after his meeting with Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Tuesday.
(Photo: Kay Nietfeld/dpa)
The dispute with Russia is always about Ukraine’s possible NATO membership. Olaf Scholz is looking for a path that is accessible to everyone. But what are the options?
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Matthias Kolb, Brussels, Daniel Brössler and Paul-Anton Krüger, Berlin
Actually, it was just a tweet. Moreover, one that has long since been deleted. Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) wants to “formalize” Ukraine’s non-membership of NATO, the office manager had the New York Times tweeted in Moscow, Anton Troianovskiafter Scholz asked journalists a second time after his visit to the Kremlin. He was “amazed” by this interpretation, government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit said on Wednesday. He can say clearly “that the Federal Chancellor never said that and never meant it that way”.
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