Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder does not stop communicating with Russian businessmen and politicians, and also decided to spend a mini-vacation in Moscow.

" Moscow is a beautiful city,"

To the journalist’s remark that the headquarters of the Russian oil company Rosneft was located not far from the place of their meeting, Schroeder seemed to be surprised: “Really? Oh indeed, you are right."

In turn, German Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Hubertus Gail, who was asked to comment on the vacation of a party member and former leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany in the capital of Russia, once again dissociated himself from him.

“I don’t understand this behavior for a long time, especially now,” he said in a commentary to RTL and n-tv..

Gail stressed that Schroeder's actions now have nothing to do with either German politics or the Social Democratic Party..

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Gerhard Schroeder, who led the German government from 1998 to 2005, is heavily criticized for being too close to Russian President Vladimir Putin and working in Russian state-owned companies. The Bundestag believes that Germany's dependence on Russia was deliberately formed by Chancellors Schroeder and Merkel over the past 16-20 years.

Including because of this, at the end of May, Schroeder was deprived of some privileges in Germany that he enjoyed as a former chancellor..

The next day, Schroeder decided to resign his position at Rosneft, and then announced that he would not accept an offer to join the board of directors of the Russian gas monopoly Gazprom.. But, in spite of everything, he is not going to stop communicating with Putin.

According to German media, the SPD is considering a possible expulsion of Schroder from the party. Decisions to be announced in the next three weeks.