Kremlin, Moscow-Nato are at the level of direct confrontation - Last hour. Putin's spokesman, Dmitri Peskov, declared that "in fact" the "relations" between Russia and NATO "have now slipped to the level" of "direct confrontation" A contact between Russian President Vladimir Putin and French President Emmanuel Macron is not planned for now but Putin "remains open to dialogue" to resolve even "the most complex, global and regional problems", Peskov said this after the telephone conversation that took place yesterday between Moscow and Paris.