STRAUBING/LANDSHUT (dpa-AFX) – The newspapers “Straubinger Tagblatt/Landshuter Zeitung” on Schröder as an intermediary:
“Gerhard Schröder is or was at least considered a friend of Putin and you can think of that what you want – but he has not yet appeared as an opponent or even an enemy of Ukraine. Sending this man into the conversation would not be a defeat or a loss of face, but simply the right and pragmatic thing to do. You can’t lose anything, and if nothing comes of it, we are just as far along as we are now. However, if Putin is secretly looking for a way out, you should at least take the chance and hear what is at stake. With Speaking to the devil does not mean making common cause with him.”/yyzz/DP/men
