Awarenessinfo Media has learnt that Russia has welcomed the Austrian Chancellor, Karl Nehammer in Moscow to discuss how Ukraine’s invasion will end.
The Austrian leader is the first EU to visit Russia since Ukraine’s invasion began.
Nehammer has earlier visited Ukraine on Saturday and had a meeting with the Ukrainian leader, Volodymyr Zelensky.
The Austrian leader stressed that the Monday trip was “not a friendly visit,” but rather his “duty” to exhaust every possibility for ending the violence in Ukraine.
Austria, according to Reuters, gets 80% of its natural gas from Russia. Austria is a member of the European Union and has backed the 27-nation bloc’s sanctions against Russia, though it so far has opposed cutting off deliveries of Russian gas.
The sit-down with Putin at his Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow lasted around 75 minutes, Reuters reported.
In his conversation with Putin, Nehammer also said he raised the issue of “serious war crimes” committed by the Russian military in the Ukrainian city of Bucha and others.
“All those who are responsible will be held to account,” he added.