"Fatal error": Putin's friend Schroeder is sure that they will agree on peace in Ukraine - the media

80-year-old Gerhard Schroeder, who has lobbied Gazprom's interests, offers to agree on a peace that will not be defeated by one of the countries. Former German Federal Chancellor (1998-2005) Gerhard Schroeder hopes to agree on peace thanks to 20 years of friendship with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The politician recalls that he tried to agree on peace in 2014. In 2024, his friendship with the Kremlin head will help to stop the war.

Schroeder expressed confidence in the opportunity to negotiate with Putin Schroeder in an interview, which was written by Tagesschau. Schroeder reminded journalists that for a long time he has maintained friendly relations with the President of the Russian Federation. Therefore, Excanceler hopes that this will help to agree on the cessation of the Russian-Ukrainian war.

"Perhaps this can still help find a solution through negotiations, I do not see another solution," the journalists of the interlocutor. In the past, the politician agreed that the attack of the Russian Federation on Ukraine was a "fatal mistake". At the same time, the newspaper emphasized, he "did not renounce" from relations with Putin. For example, the German continued to be a lobbyist of Gazprom, which built a Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 in the Baltic Sea: was a board member.

In another fragment of interview, Schroeder was asked why he continues to "be friends" with the Kremlin leader, who led up to tens of thousands of deaths. In response, the politician explained that "there is a different dimension. " He also detailed the content of his proposal for peaceful talks. In his opinion, France and Germany should insist on peace. However, there should be no complete defeat of one of the countries - which country is referred, does not specify.

Gerhard Schroeder is an 80-year-old German politician (April 7-Birthday), a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany. The politician was a federal chancellor from 1998 to 2005. It later became known that he was part of the Board of the Board of the Russian Corporation Gazprom and is a shareholder of Nord Stream AG, which built a Baltic gas pipeline. The ZDF portal gave the details of Schroeder's life.

In particular, in 2014, when the hybrid invasion of the Russian Federation in Ukraine began, he tried to become a mediator in peaceful talks, but nothing happened. The attempt took place when the politician celebrated the 70th anniversary in Russia. "In 2014, shortly after the Russian annexation of Crimea, the former chancellor celebrated Putin at the reception of the Nord Stream AG at the Yusupovsky Palace in St. Petersburg," the journalists wrote.

The previous friendly relationship is evidenced by the previous anniversary of the German politician: "On the 60th anniversary of Shreder Putin came to Hanover with the Cossack choir," ZDF says. It should be noted that after the invasion of the Russian Federation in Ukraine in 2022, President Vladimir Putin stated that the purpose of the war is "denacification and demilitarization" of Ukraine.

After that, during the peace talks, for example, in Minsk and Istanbul, Kremlin representatives stated that Ukraine should agree with the loss of the territory and disarm. At the same time, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy proposed his own peace plan, according to which the Russian Federation goes from the occupied territories and pays reparations. In 2024 it became known about the Kremlin's intention to carry out a new wave of mobilization and go to a new attack on Kharkiv or other Ukrainian city.