Russia

Vladimir Putin’s Favorite German, Ex-Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, at the Russian’s Inauguration and on the Kremlin Payroll

HISTORICAL

Schröder argues that Germany owes Russia a special debt after what the Nazis did to it. But it looks like he’s the one who’s collecting.

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