In Germany, Gerhard Schröder, 80, regrets nothing about his Russian friendships. His former traveling companions are now hesitant to appear alongside the ex-chancellor.
After opening Germany's floodgates to Russian gas as chancellor, Schroeder became president of both companies. The latter “had no clear words against the illegal war of aggression of the head of the Kremlin, whom he continues to call a “friend”, nor against the Russian state companies in which he continued to work”