In Moscow And Washington, European Leaders Attempt To Lower Tensions Around Ukraine

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🗓️ 7 February 2022

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is in Washington and French President Emmanuel Macron is in Moscow as the two leaders attempt to resolve tensions between Russia, Ukraine, and Europe. The leaders, whose countries have strong economic ties to Russia, have been more receptive than President Biden to Vladimir Putin's security concerns.

This episode: White House correspondent Scott Detrow, national political correspondent Mara Liasson, and Moscow correspondent Charles Maynes.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Katherine Endermauer. Given recent international political news, we've decided to name our new robot vacuum Vladimir Scoot.
0:08.3	This podcast was recorded at...
0:11.6	It's... it's 212 Eastern on Monday, February 7th.
0:16.6	Things may have changed by the time you hear it. Okay, here's the show.
0:23.9	That's pretty good. I wonder if the cat rides on top of it.
0:27.5	Is the cat NATO then, Mara?
0:29.4	I don't know.
0:30.7	Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast. I'm Scott Detro, I cover the White House.
0:34.8	I'm Mara Laiasen, National Political Correspondent.
0:38.0	And we've got NPR's Charles mains with us from Moscow. Hi, Charles.
0:41.8	Hi there.
0:42.6	So that vacuum should listen in because today we are going to focus on Ukraine.
0:47.5	And we're going to do that because there's some high-profile meetings happening.
0:50.9	Charles, where you are in Moscow and where Mara and I are here in DC.
0:54.6	So in Moscow, French President Emmanuel Macron is there meeting with Vladimir Putin.
0:59.6	And here in DC, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz,
1:03.4	brand new chancellor, took over from Angela Merkel earlier this year,
1:06.9	is at the White House right now as we tape, he's in the Oval Office meeting with Joe Biden.
1:12.1	And these meetings are all taking place amidst rides and fears that Russia will invade Ukraine.
1:17.8	Charles, we've been talking a lot about how the West has responded lately,
1:22.1	particularly these thousands of American troops that President Biden is sending to Europe.
1:26.5	How has Putin reacted to all of that?
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