Austrian chancellor called conversation with Putin serious and intense

Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer. File photoVIENNA, May 27 Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer said that the conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin about the situation in Ukraine was very intense and serious. «This conversation, like the previous one, was very intense, very serious,” Nehammer told reporters in Vienna after a telephone conversation with Putin. Nehammer added that during a conversation about the situation in Ukraine, Putin assured him of his readiness to allow exports through seaports. In addition, the Russian president reaffirmed his commitment to contracts for gas supplies to Austria, the chancellor said. The conversation took place on Friday afternoon. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. .jpg» />Germany's actions against Russia put Austria at risk, writes Bloomberg