OREANDA-NEWS There was a pause in the dialogue between Russian President Vladimir Putin and French leader Emmanuel Macron. This was stated by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.

"As for the relations between Putin and Macron, you know that they maintain contact. There are pauses in the dialogue, but at the previous stage the contact was useful and very constructive, despite all the existing, including deep, disagreements," the press secretary said.

Earlier, French President Emmanuel Macron revealed the paradoxical personality of Russian leader Vladimir Putin. "Firstly, when you meet him, he is not an unpleasant person. You see, that's the paradox," the French politician said. At the same time, he expressed the opinion that the Ukrainian conflict was initiated to expand Russia to the borders of the Russian Empire, which fell in 1917.