Redigerer Gerhard Schröder (avsnitt)

== Kontakt med Russland ==

Gerhard Schröder har et nært forhold til Russlands president [[Vladimir Putin]].<ref>[https://www.dw.com/en/putin-and-schr%C3%B6der-a-special-german-russian-friendship/a-55219973 «Putin and Schröder: A special German-Russian friendship»], Deutsche Welle, 8. august 2022</ref>  Etter at Schröder gikk av som forbundskansler har han hatt flere viktige verv knyttet til russiske energiselskaper, og i februar 2022 krevet han at Ukraina måtte slutte med sin sabelrasling overfor Russland.<ref>{{Kilde www|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-04-06/germany-s-long-friendship-with-putin-comes-in-for-major-diplomatic-shaming?srnd=premium-europe|tittel=Germany’s President Embodies the Past Sins of its Russia Policy|besøksdato=6. april 2022|forfattere=Andreas Kluth|dato=6. april 2022|forlag=Bloomberg|sitat=Schroeder, you may recall, became best buds with Putin and — surprisingly soon after leaving the chancellery — the Kremlin’s most prominent energy lobbyist. He chairs the shareholder committee of Nord Stream, a gas pipeline connecting Russia and Germany under the Baltic Sea, as well as the board of Rosneft PJSC, a state-owned oil giant. He’s also due to join the board of Gazprom PJSC, which controls Nord Stream. As recently as February, Schroeder demanded that Kyiv — not Moscow — stop its “saber-rattling,” which is all you need to know.}}</ref>