Chancellor Olaz Scholz’ telephone call (on Scholz’ inititive) to Russian president Vladimir Putin yesterday (Friday, November 15) - the first such call in two years -followed a few days after US president elect Donald Trump’s call to Scholz (made November 10th) which followed four days after the collapse of Germany’s governing coalition on November 6 when Scholz (Social Democrat) fired his finance minister Christian Lindner (Free Democrat) following disagreement between Scolz and Linnder over how best to overcome a budget shortfall of some $13 billion.
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To Russia Without (Much) Love from Germany
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Chancellor Olaz Scholz’ telephone call (on Scholz’ inititive) to Russian president Vladimir Putin yesterday (Friday, November 15) - the first such call in two years -followed a few days after US president elect Donald Trump’s call to Scholz (made November 10th) which followed four days after the collapse of Germany’s governing coalition on November 6 when Scholz (Social Democrat) fired his finance minister Christian Lindner (Free Democrat) following disagreement between Scolz and Linnder over how best to overcome a budget shortfall of some $13 billion.