Schröder vindicates his “male friendship” with Putin in a documentary where he is indifferent to criticism. “This is my life, not anyone else's,” he comments in the documentary Out of Order? The story of Gerhard Schröder.
Despite the fact that the Social Democratic Party (SPD) took away his office in the Parliament building in response to the maintenance of his relationship with Russia, he claims not to feel isolated. He celebrates his 60th birthday of militancy in the SPD with a group of friends in a restaurant.