“Of all European politicians, I would prefer talks with Schröder”: Russian President Vladimir Putin exceptionally uttered a sentence at the weekend that the global community would like to believe. The Kremlin prince would of course like the German ex-chancellor as a possible mediator in Russian-Ukrainian peace negotiations. Maybe he brought the 82-year-old into the game just to sow discord in the West once again. In any case, the chances of a serious mediator role are likely to be more than modest.
