German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier was re-elected for a second term in office in the first round of voting on Sunday. He received 1,045 out of 1,437 votes cast at an extraordinary meeting of the Federal Convention, Bundestag President Bärbel Bas confirmed. Steinmeier used the occasion to appeal to Russian President Vladimir Putin to de-escalate tensions over Ukraine. The Russian leader has been accused of planning an incursion into eastern Ukraine in the near future after weeks of warnings over a massive troop build-up along the countries’ shared border. “I appeal to President Putin to l…