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Seit dem Moskau-Besuch von Außenministerin Annalena Baerbock im Januar 2022, kurz vor der russischen Vollinvasion der Ukraine, hatte es kein direktes Treffen zwischen deutschen und russischen Außenministern mehr gegeben. Die Beziehungen verschlechterten sich weiter durch Sanktionen wie die Schließung des russischen Hauses in Berlin und des Konsulats in Bonn nach dem versuchten Leipziger Drohnenanschlag.
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Es werden weitere diplomatische Kontakte zwischen Deutschland und Russland gesucht, um die Kommunikation aufrechtzuerhalten.
Likely · Within weeks
Deutschland wird seine Warnungen gegen russische Sabotage- und Sprengstoffanschläge verschärfen und möglicherweise Gegenmaßnahmen ergreifen.
Very likely · Within days

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After the AfD's state election victories in three federal states, Hesse's Prime Minister Boris Rhein emphasizes the need to continue the discussion initiated by Chancellor Friedrich Merz about the cityscape and migration policy and to draw lessons from it, while the AfD is at 29 percent nationwide and the CDU/CSU at 19 percent.

Federal Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul held a surprise bilateral meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in New York. He spoke about grain exports from Ukraine and Russia, the drone incident at Leipzig/Halle Airport and German support for Ukraine. Wadephul emphasized that Germany is ready to negotiate, but Russia is currently not showing a constructive negotiating position.

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The CDU Mühlenbecker Land is demanding consequences from party leader Friedrich Merz, while Green leader Franziska Brantner is setting conditions for a Berlin coalition with the Left and the SPD. At the same time, church representatives are calling for a ban on the AfD, the SPD is pushing for a female candidate for federal president, and in Saxony-Anhalt, the AfD and BSW are negotiating the MDR and a Corona investigation committee. The Left Berlin has accepted exploratory talks with the Greens and the SPD.
Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul and Sergei Lavrov met in New York for the first time since the start of the Ukraine war. Despite intensive discussions, there were no signs of rapprochement. Wadephul called for de-escalation and serious Russian readiness to end the war, while Lavrov questioned the usefulness of the exchange and referred to previous statements.