Putin's friend and former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder stopped receiving a salary from the Russian Federation: Details

The letter sent by Schroeder to Hannover Sparkasse stated that the bank did not want to get under the sanctions of the United States through these transfers. At the same time, as Bild emphasizes, the former German Chancellor does not appear on any sanction list.

However, journalists point out that although US sanctions against the Nord Stream - 2 have been operating since 2022, Schroeder stopped receiving his money after Hannover Belitis, a sharp critic of Schroeder, has held the position of chairman of the Board of Directors of Sparkasse Hannover. The bank itself did not respond to the request of the journalists, noting that "they do not give public comments about customer relations.

" The mayor of Overch wanted to deprive Schroreder the title of Honorary Citizen Hanover in 2022. That he finally succeeded. "Given that Gerhard Schroeder is not ready to have personal consequences due to the war in Ukraine, deprivation of his title of honorary citizenship would be logical," he said then, noting that the continuing business connections of the former Chancellor of Germany with the "Pali of War" is incompatible with Putin's "Pleyn.

An 81-year-old Schroeder has not yet filed a lawsuit against a savings bank. However, journalists point out that it is so rich. In fact, since the expiration of his office in 2005, Gerhard Schroeder earned a two -digit million amount at the expense of his activities in Russian state -owned companies. In addition, there were fees for consultations, income from the sale of books and fees of up to 70,000 euros for each performance on stage.

After he was diagnosed with "burnout" and canceled public appearances, Schroeder suddenly appeared in the Parliament of Lower Saxony earlier this week. In the sidelines of the election of the new prime minister. Only a few months after his stay as Chancellor (1998-2005), Gerhard Schroeder became the lobbyist of his friend, Russian President Vladimir Putin. To this day, Schroeder is the chairman of the Board of Directors of Nord Stream 2, the Swiss subsidiary of the Russian gas company Gazprom.

According to Schroeder, his task is to represent the company abroad and to control management decisions. Since his chancellor, he has supported the convergence of the Russian Federation with the European Union and promoted the Kremlin's interests. Even the preface to his memoirs was written by then Vice president Dmitry Medvedev.

After the commencement of a full -scale invasion of the Russian Federation into Ukraine, all the staff of the Schroeder Parliamentary Office, including those who have worked with him since the chancellor, went from Schroeder in protest. We will remind, in 2023 about Schroeder wrote tabloids through a scandalous party, which had to call the police. And in 2024, Gerhard Schroeder stated that he could "agree with Putin about peace" because they were associated with 20-year-old friendship.