13."No. There were no proposals. We have said repeatedly that Putin remains open to contact," Peskov claimed.The statement came two days after German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said that Putin is not willing to speak with Scholz about brokering peace in Ukraine."He refuses to accept peace and every day sends another signal in favor of war and destruction. These days, he is no longer even prepared to speak to the German chancellor on the phone," the German foreign minister said.The German newspaper Zeit reported on Oct. 1 that, according to government sources, Scholz is hoping to talk to Putin by phone for the first time in almost two years.A German government spokesperson said in September that Scholz would talk to Putin "when the time comes," but "for now, we have to wait.