MOSCOW, July 26 —The Kremlin said today that it believes former German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder is in Moscow, and did not rule out possible contact with him.

In a conference call with reporters, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said "as far as we know" Schroeder, who sat on the supervisory board of Russian state-controlled oil company Rosneft after he left office, was in the Russian capital today. — Reuters