He says he believes in rapprochement—but seems to be more motivated by money
. Esko Aho, Christian Kern and Matteo Renzi—one-time leaders of Finland, Austria and Italy respectively—quit prominent roles on the boards of big Russian firms. Not so Gerhard Schröder. Germany’s former chancellor has retained his seat as head of the supervisory board of Rosneft, a Russian oil giant.
Mr Schröder, a politician from the Social Democratic Party , led Germany between 1998 and 2005. He achieved much for the country. A package of reforms implemented in the early 2000s transformed Germany from “the sick man of Europe” into its
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