Former German Chancellor Schroeder celebrates Putin's birthday at president's home
- On Wednesday, former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder visited a Moscow Hyperglobus outlet, marking his first public appearance since joining the Russian retailer's supervisory board last week.
- Schroeder, who served as German chancellor from 1998 to 2005, has maintained close ties to President Vladimir Putin and Russian business interests despite Moscow's 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
- Russian TV footage showed employees greeting the former chancellor with sustained applause as he entered the store, which was spun off from Germany's Globus Holding last year.
- During his visit to the store on the western outskirts of Moscow, Schroeder told staff, "very pleased to be here, to see this wonderful hypermarket," according to Russian media.
- His board appointment coincides with a Russian drive to strip European firms of management rights over local assets, intensifying scrutiny of Schroeder's ties in Germany.
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The Kremlin leader's orders "produce every day immeasurable suffering, civilian casualties, shattered families" so it is "Frankly immoral for Mr Schröder to celebrate with Mr Putin on a day like this" Read
Gerhard Schröder attended a party to celebrate the 74th birthday of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin said on Thursday. The former German chancellor was in Moscow on business, but Putin invited his "old friend" to the celebration. Current Chancellor Friedrich Merz is outraged by Schröder's visit.
Considers "immoral" that the former German Chancellor goes to the residence of the Russian leader to celebrate his 74th birthday
Vladimir Putin received on Wednesday 7 October Gerhard Schröder at his home for his birthday, said the Kremlin. The former German Chancellor, very criticized in Berlin for his proximity to Moscow, was in...
German Chancellor Merz is outraged by the fact that former FRG Head of Government Schroeder was present at the birthday celebration of Russian President Vladimir Putin, and the current German leadership is irritating Schroeder's long-standing friendship with Putin.
Gerhard Schröder travelled to Moscow to celebrate the 74th anniversary of the Russian President, with whom he has been in close friendship for decades.
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