Talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer have ended in Moscow.

APA reports quoting CNN that Chancellor's spokesman Etienne Berhold said this.

He added that the talks lasted 75 minutes.

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Talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer have begun in Moscow.

APA's Moscow correspondent reports quoting Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov that the talks have already started.

The situation around Ukraine is being discussed at a meeting at the Russian president's residence in the Moscow region.

According to Peskov, the Putin-Nehammer talks are being held behind closed doors at the request of the Austrian side.