OREANDA-NEWS  Germany continues to maintain contacts with the Russian leadership, the representative of the Cabinet of Ministers of Germany Christiana Hoffman told reporters.

"I can say that it is not at all so that there are no contacts with Russia. You know that the Chancellor (FRG), as well as other (representatives) The EU has direct contact with President (Russian Federation Vladimir) Putin, as well as at other levels," a representative of the German cabinet said at a briefing on Monday.