Former German Chancellor Schroeder celebrates Putin's birthday at president's home
The Kremlin said Schroeder’s visit came after he joined Hyperglobus’s supervisory board and met store employees in Moscow.
- On October 7, Russian President Vladimir Putin celebrated his birthday by hosting former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder at his home, the Kremlin confirmed in a photograph.
- Since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Schröder has visited Russia and met with Putin several times, maintaining close ties despite international scrutiny regarding their ongoing relationship.
- During his Moscow visit, Schröder met with employees of the Globus hypermarket chain, whose supervisory board he joined in early October, and delivered a welcome speech before speaking behind closed doors.
- The Kremlin stated that Putin "learned from media reports" on the morning of October 7 that Schröder had arrived in Moscow, framing the encounter to emphasize surprise rather than direct coordination.
- Putin previously named Schröder his "preferred" mediator for peace talks between Russia and Ukraine in May 2026, positioning the former chancellor as a visible diplomatic figure in ongoing discussions.
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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz was deeply outraged that former German Prime Minister Gerhard Schröder attended Russian President Vladimir Putin's birthday party this week, a German government spokesman said on Friday.
The former German chancellor was present as a guest at Vladimir Putin's 74th birthday. Germany's Chancellor Merz called this "just too immoral"
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz expressed “deep indignation” over former Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder’s visit to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s residence to celebrate the latter’s birthday, a German government spokesman said on Friday. Schroeder, who led the German government from 1998 to 2005, has been repeatedly criticized in Germany and abroad for his close ties to Russian businesses and Putin. These ties continued even after Russia’s in…
A few days ago, Altkanzler Schröder was a guest at the Russian President Putin. The occasion was the Kremlin's birthday. The trip evokes criticism across parties and also outrages Chancellor Merz.
The former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, in power until 2005, never denied his friendship with Vladimir Putin. The last escapades of the former Social Democratic political leader in Moscow are unanimously condemned in Germany.
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