Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Russian leader Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with the new Head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen.
“Yes, one of the conversations is with her”, – he said in response to a question from journalists.
Earlier, the European Council finally formed the new composition of the European Commission, which began to fulfill its duties under the leadership of von der Leyen on December 1.
In turn, the State Department called on the new leadership of the European Union to confront the “joint security challenges” and “threats” from Russia, China and Iran.