Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, even in the light of Russia's war against Ukraine, is not going to give up the possibility of personal communication with Putin. He stated this in an interview with the FAZ newspaper, which should be published on July 11, according to DW..

Schroeder stressed that he does not believe in the possibility of resolving the conflict by military means. According to him, "

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On the first day of the war, the former head of the German government condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine. " This is the responsibility of the Russian government," Perhaps now he began to think a little differently.

As previously reported, the Bundestag believes that Germany's dependence on Russia was deliberately shaped by Chancellors Schroeder and Merkel over the past 16 to 20 years..

We also recall that the former German Chancellor Schroeder, who from September 29, 2017 to May 21, 2022 served as chairman of the board of directors of PJSC NK Rosneft, in Germany, subsidies were cut by almost half a million euros. The Bundestag decided that state support for Putin's friend is useless.

... And most recently, German Minister of Economy and Energy Robert Habek said the following in an interview with the media: “Germans take a shower on average 10 minutes,” he said. “And I think even five minutes is too long,” calling for energy austerity.