Germany, all against Schroeder pro-Putin lobbyist: “Get rid of former chancellor privileges”

BERLIN – In recent days, while Vladimir Putin was sending yet another battalion on the border with Ukraine, former Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder was publicly indignant at the “clink of sabers” coming from Kiev. Surreal, for the rest of the world. Ordinary administration for those who closely follow the tormented contortions of the former Social Democrat politician who almost two decades ago closed the deal with the Kremlin for the most controversial gas pipeline in the world: Nord Stream 2.