The French President Emmanuel Macron had 13 talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and 27 talks with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy over the period from February 24, 2022 to February 22, 2023. That was more than the number of talks other global leaders held with both Russian and Ukrainian presidents in the year since the start of the Russia-Ukraine war. The German Chancellor Olaf Scholz had 11 talks with Putin and 20 talks with Zelenskyy.
Number of talks of global politicians with Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy during the war in Ukraine from February 24, 2022 to February 22, 2023*
Characteristic
Vladimir Putin
Volodymyr Zelensky
Emmanuel Macron (France)
13
27
Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan (Turkey)
18
18
Olaf Scholz (Germany)
11
20
Charles Michel (EU)
3
18
Alexander Lukashenko (Belarus)
20
1
Naftali Bennett, Yair Lapid, Isaak Herzog, and Benjamin Netanyahu (Israel)
10
10
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev (Kazakhstan)
17
3
Ilham Aliyev (Azerbaijan)
16
3
Mario Draghi and Giorgia Meloni (Italy)
2
11
Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (UAE)
4
5
Narendra Modi (India)
5
4
António Guterres (UN)
2
6
Karl Nehammer and Alexander Van der Bellen (Austria)
2
6
Sauli Niinistö (Finland)
2
5
Joko Widodo (Indonesia)
4
3
Mohammed bin Salman (Saudi Arabia)
5
2
Jonas Gahr Støre (Norway)
1
5
Xavier Bettel (Luxembourg)
2
4
Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani (Qatar)
2
3
Macky Sall (Senegal)
2
2
Imran Khan, Shehbaz Sharif, and Arif Alvi (Pakistan)
*The source specified that talks in the format of a video conference, personal meeting, and a phone call were considered. Only the politicians that spoke to both Putin and Zelenskyy over that period were considered. If several talks were held on the same day, they were counted as one.
Profit from the additional features of your individual account
Currently, you are using a shared account. To use individual functions (e.g., mark statistics as favourites, set
statistic alerts) please log in with your personal account.
If you are an admin, please authenticate by logging in again.
Learn more about how Statista can support your business.
RBC.ru. (February 24, 2023). Number of talks of global politicians with Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy during the war in Ukraine from February 24, 2022 to February 22, 2023* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1298459/world-leaders-that-spoke-to-putin-and-zelenskyy/
RBC.ru. "Number of talks of global politicians with Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy during the war in Ukraine from February 24, 2022 to February 22, 2023*." Chart. February 24, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1298459/world-leaders-that-spoke-to-putin-and-zelenskyy/
RBC.ru. (2023). Number of talks of global politicians with Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy during the war in Ukraine from February 24, 2022 to February 22, 2023*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1298459/world-leaders-that-spoke-to-putin-and-zelenskyy/
RBC.ru. "Number of Talks of Global Politicians with Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy during The War in Ukraine from February 24, 2022 to February 22, 2023*." Statista, Statista Inc., 24 Feb 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1298459/world-leaders-that-spoke-to-putin-and-zelenskyy/
RBC.ru, Number of talks of global politicians with Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy during the war in Ukraine from February 24, 2022 to February 22, 2023* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1298459/world-leaders-that-spoke-to-putin-and-zelenskyy/ (last visited December 30, 2024)
Number of talks of global politicians with Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy during the war in Ukraine from February 24, 2022 to February 22, 2023* [Graph], RBC.ru, February 24, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1298459/world-leaders-that-spoke-to-putin-and-zelenskyy/
