Scholz in Washington;
Macron in Moscow, Kiev and Berlin, where he meets the Chancellor and Polish President Duda;
Scholz next week in Moscow - the German and French leaders are going no further than trying to stop the Kremlin from invading Ukraine.
Putin should know for sure that an invasion would cost Russia dearly and that the West will not allow himself to be divided in this conflict.
In a bid for clarity and unity, the allies on both sides of the Atlantic are looking better than in previous cases where they have faced Moscow's ruthlessness and cunning.
But even with Putin's tanks in mind, the West does not consistently speak with one voice, as the statements by the German Chancellor and the American President on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline show.
It has become a symbol and touchstone for where Berlin is in conflict with Moscow.
As if the waiter were listening to the cook
Scholz, however, stubbornly avoided even mentioning the gas pipeline in Washington: Moscow should not be able to calculate how high the price is.
The Chancellor calls this “strategic ambiguity” – a bold formulation at a time when Germany's Russia policy is being accused of fatal ambiguity.
Biden didn't take that line, but preferred to send a clear message to Moscow (and Berlin): if Russia invades Ukraine, Washington will "put an end to the pipeline."
Scholz was also silent, as if the waiter were listening to the chef.
In Moscow, a much more difficult conversation awaits the chancellor, which Macron has already had.
Putin then spoke coquettishly of "torture".
He enjoys statesman after statesman pleading for peace in the Kremlin.
Putin, a master of the cat-and-mouse game, could withstand this large-scale diplomatic offensive for a long time to come.
And who knows, maybe he'll get a reward for withdrawing his invading army at the end.