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Schröder in Moscow: First information about the talks with Putin - the ex-chancellor is apparently planning the next steps

2022-03-15T04:21:43.526Z


Schröder in Moscow: First information about the talks with Putin - the ex-chancellor is apparently planning the next steps Created: 03/15/2022, 04:56 By: Florian Naumann Gerhard Schröder could act as a peace mediator in the Ukraine conflict. But the former chancellor had recently come under sharp criticism. There could be results on Saturday. Former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder* is probably in


Schröder in Moscow: First information about the talks with Putin - the ex-chancellor is apparently planning the next steps

Created: 03/15/2022, 04:56

By: Florian Naumann

Gerhard Schröder could act as a peace mediator in the Ukraine conflict.

But the former chancellor had recently come under sharp criticism.

There could be results on Saturday.

  • Former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder* is probably in Moscow for talks about the Ukraine war, the media report

    (see first report).

  • Russia

    -

    expert Hans-Henning Schröder has hopes in Schröder's talks with Putin

    (update from March 113, 9.40 a.m.).

  • According to image information, Schröder is said to have spoken to Vladimir Putin for several hours on Thursday evening (

    see update from March 12, 9:01 p.m.

    ).

  • Chancellor Olaf Scholz * did not want to comment on the topic on Thursday.

    SPD leader Lars Klingbeil was also surprised (

    update from March 11, 11:15 a.m.

    ).

Update from March 13, 8:58 p.m .:

The visit to Moscow by former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder is said to have ended again.

He is said to have traveled back to Germany via Turkey.

Officially, however, neither the visit, the meeting with Putin nor the return trip has been confirmed.

What he was able to achieve is unknown.

Apparently, however, he plans to continue his efforts to find a peaceful solution to the Ukraine war.

A person close to Schröder apparently told the 

Süddeutsche Zeitung

on Sunday that mediation efforts were continuing.

Update from March 13, 9.40 a.m .:

Russia expert Hans-Henning Schröder sees at least a little hope for a new attitude of the Kremlin in the war against Ukraine after Gerhard Schröder’s conversation with Kremlin boss Vladimir Putin.

Although it was "probably overtaxing" that a single man persuaded Russia to give in, but in an interview with

t-online

he also said: “The interesting thing about Gerhard Schröder is that he could actually reach Putin in his wagon complex.

And then shows him what is happening outside of it.” He believes that Putin trusts the former German chancellor, “whereas he does not trust Scholz and Macron.

For Putin, Scholz and Macron embody the West, which wants to rip him off.

I could imagine that Putin sees Schröder as someone you can talk to man to man.

That would at least make him a clear step ahead of Scholz and Macron."

Regarding the ex-politician Schröder's motive, the political scientist from Bremen says: “I think he wants to show the world how he can pull it off.

Because he can't like being beaten up by his own party.

Being able to put his relationships to the test now and actually being able to make a difference in the end would be a nice chapter in his biography.

I think that motivates him, along with his sincere concern for the people of Ukraine.”

All news about the negotiations in the Ukraine war can be found here, you can also find out everything about Russia's military actions in Ukraine in our live ticker.

Update from March 12, 9:01 p.m

.: Former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder is said to have spoken to Russian President Vladimir Putin for several hours on Thursday evening.

Bild

claims

to have learned this from a “person who has detailed insights”.

Accordingly, Schröder not only had an appointment with Putin within ten minutes of his request, but also an appointment lasting several hours on Friday evening with one of Putin's closest advisers.

According to

Bild

information, Schröder and his wife traveled to Turkey on Saturday morning, where a Ukrainian delegation was waiting for the results of the talks.

According to information from the

world

, Schröder could still be in Moscow and it is unclear whether there will even be a second meeting between Schröder and Putin.

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According to the picture

, the informant

should be convinced that Schröder, as a “former statesman and citizen”, could negotiate from a stronger position than others.

In addition, Schröder is currently the only person who has direct contact with both Putin and the leaders of Ukraine.

He wanted to "try everything in his power".

Update from March 12, 7:52 a.m .:

The diplomatic solo effort by former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder in the Ukraine war through his trip to Moscow to Vladimir Putin still raises concerns in the ex-Chancellor’s party ranks.

Lower Saxony's Prime Minister Stephan Weil (SPD) made a clear statement - and remained skeptical.

He is certain that Schröder "has contacts in the Kremlin like no other German.

But I don't know whether, at the age of 77 and without any political office, he actually has any real influence on the Kremlin's willingness to make peace," said the SPD man.

At the same time, Weil sharply criticized Schröder's mandates in Russian companies.

Schröder's behavior was "completely wrong".

"I really wish that he still draws the right conclusions," said Weil.

Schröder with Putin: Ambassador makes mysterious statements about the Kremlin visit

Update from March 11, 10:15 p.m

.: According to the Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany, Andriy Melnyk, the initiative for Gerhard Schröder’s trip to Russia came from the former Chancellor himself.

"I'm not allowed to reveal any details at the moment," said Melnyk on Friday evening in the

picture

program "Viertel nach Eight".

But the proposal for this initiative had come from Schröder in the past few days, it was not at the request of Ukraine.

Schröder reported indirectly, "through certain contacts who also have contacts with Ukraine."

According to the ambassador, this was done through the Swiss publisher Ringier.

Soyeon Schröder-Kim posts a picture from Moscow where her husband Gerhard Schröder is meeting with Vladimir Putin as part of the Ukraine war.

© Kay Nietfeld/dpa

Melnyk went on to say: “There are not that many people in the world and perhaps also in Germany who have this personal connection to Mr. Putin.” When asked about the results of the talks in Moscow, the ambassador said he could say “that maybe tomorrow we will also hear directly from Mr. Schröder”, what the results of the meeting with Kremlin boss Vladimir Putin were.

"I know that Mr. Schröder is willing to report on it, through channels that are now virtually non-public.

And it's good that at least there's a certain amount of hope."

Schröder went it alone with Putin: Kremlin without information - former chancellor apparently picked up from the hotel with blue lights

Update from March 11, 9:20 p.m .:

Gerhard Schröder’s trip to Moscow continues to be a mystery.

On Friday, the former chancellor is said to have been chauffeured through

Moscow

in a limousine with Russian government license plates and blue lights.

Where it went is unknown.

He is currently visiting the Russian capital with his wife Soyeon Schröder-Kim - apparently to talk to Vladimir Putin about the Ukraine war.

Update from March 11, 5:22 p.m .:

In his efforts to end the Ukraine war, Chancellor Olaf Scholz also wants to take into account the talks that former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder (both SPD) is conducting in Moscow.

"We will certainly be able to take note of the results and also include them in everything we have done on our own," said Scholz on Friday after the EU summit in Versailles, France.

However, he did not want to comment further on Schröder's initiative: "I do not have to and cannot comment at the moment."

Schröder traveled to Moscow on Wednesday to hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin about the Ukraine war.

Corresponding reports from the news portal "Politico" and the "Bild" newspaper were confirmed by the German Press Agency.

According to dpa information, a conversation between Schröder and Putin took place on Thursday.

Schröder going it alone with Putin: Kremlin without information - DFB announces consequences for former chancellor

Update from March 11, 12:30 p.m .:

The German Football Association has withdrawn honorary membership from former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder.

The decision was made by the DFB Bundestag on Friday in Bonn without a dissenting vote.

Schröder has been under a lot of pressure since the start of the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine - the former chancellor has not yet condemned the actions of Russian President Vladimir Putin and is still holding on to his posts in Russian state-owned companies.

“There is no justification for the illegal attack on Ukraine.

Anyone who, out of consideration for personal interests, does not clearly distance himself from the war and its aggressor and, moreover, does not take the necessary business consequences, does not share the values ​​of football and the German Football Association,” wrote the two DFB interim presidents Rainer Koch and Hans -Joachim Watzke in a joint statement.

Schröder could "thus no longer be an honorary member of our association, which advocates understanding between people and rejects any form of violence".

Schröder's role in the Ukraine war: Kremlin spokesman "cannot say anything"

Update from March 11, 12 noon:

Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov has not confirmed reports of talks by former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

When asked by journalists about a meeting between the SPD politician and the head of the Kremlin, Peskov said on Friday in Moscow, according to the Interfax agency: "I have no information about Schröder.

I can't tell you anything." According to information from the German Press Agency, a first conversation took place on Thursday

(see update from March 11, 6:50 a.m.).

Schröder as a mediator in the Ukraine war?

Klingbeil surprised, but inclined to the idea

Update from March 11, 11:15

a.m .: Apparently without prior agreement, former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder traveled to Moscow on Thursday for a talk with Vladimir Putin.

SPD leader Lars Klingbeil was surprised in the ZDF talk "Maybrit Illner" - but quite inclined to the idea.

“Conversational situations that are now being created” are initially something reasonable, he explained.

The aim of all undertakings is to persuade Putin to agree to a ceasefire "to end this terrible war," according to Klingbeil.

The federal government had previously announced that the trip had not been agreed with her.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) only said on the sidelines of the EU summit in Versailles about the reports on the trip: "I don't want to comment on that."

The pool photo released by the Russian state news agency Sputnik shows Gerhard Schröder (right, SPD), former German Chancellor, shaking hands with Vladimir Putin (left), President of Russia, at his fourth inauguration in the Kremlin in 2018.

© Alexei Druzhinin/POOL SPUTNIK KREMLIN via AP/dpa

Update from March 11, 6:50 a.m.:

Former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder is in Moscow to hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin about the Ukraine war.

Corresponding reports from the

Politico

news portal and the

Bild newspaper

were confirmed to the German Press Agency.

According to dpa information, a first meeting between Schröder and Putin took place on Thursday.

It was initially unclear whether more were planned.

The chairman of the foreign affairs committee in the Bundestag, Michael Roth (SPD), welcomed the alleged efforts of the former chancellor.

"If that's really the case, I sincerely wish you all the best," said Roth on Thursday evening on ZDF's "heute journal".

"Every chance should be taken to silence the guns."

Schröder in Moscow: Former chancellor apparently meets Putin - wife causes a stir with a photo

Update from March 10, 10 p.m.:

While reports of former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder’s trip to Moscow for mediation in the Ukraine war are piling up and causing a stir, Schröder’s wife Soyeon Schröder-Kim has now posted a photo on her Instagram page himself with his hands clasped and his eyes closed, with St. Basil's Cathedral on Red Square in Moscow in the background.

She did not comment on this picture.

Update from March 10, 8:30 p.m .:

The Ukrainian ambassador in Germany claims to have no knowledge of an alleged mediation attempt by Chancellor Gerhard Schröder in the war between Russia and Ukraine.

Ambassador Andriy Melnyk told the German Press Agency on Thursday that he was not aware of any trip by Schröder to President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.

The news portal

Politico

reported on such a meeting on Thursday.

Additionally claimed the

image

-Zeitung earlier that Schröder traveled to mediate in the Ukraine conflict at the request of the Ukrainian government.

However, Melnyk has now denied this.

"I find it difficult to imagine that my government asked Schröder to do this," the ambassador said.

Schröder now hope for Ukraine?

Former chancellor apparently meets Putin - but Scholz knows nothing

First report from March 10, 2022:

Berlin/Moscow – In the SPD, former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder* has become persona non grata through his persistent work as a Russian gas lobbyist and explosive statements in the Ukraine conflict*.

Now Schröder could apparently become a mediator in the war, which has been increasingly bloody for days.

Ukraine war: Schröder as a mediator?

Meeting with Putin is said to be on Thursday

Schröder will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday, reports the US portal

Politico

.

It cited "sources familiar with the matter".

The topic could therefore be a peace solution.

Negotiations between Foreign Ministers Sergei Lavrov and Dmytro Kuleba had ended a few hours earlier without any tangible results.

There was initially no official confirmation of Schröder's efforts.

Explosive: The federal government apparently has no knowledge of the meeting.

As the German Press Agency learned from government circles, Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) and his government were not informed of such a visit.

Scholz did not want to comment on the subject in the evening either.

"I don't want to comment on that," the SPD politician answered a question on the sidelines of an EU summit in Versailles, France.

Ukraine war: Gerhard Schröder and Vladimir Putin - a close relationship

Gerhard Schröder is considered a friend of Vladimir Putin - in a much-quoted statement he defended the Russian head of state in 2004 as a "flawless democrat".

This is not the only reason why there are doubts about Schröder's political independence in Russia.

The former Chancellor has posts at the Russian energy companies Nord Stream 1 and 2 and the oil company Rosneft, where he is the chairman of the supervisory board.

In addition, Schröder is to take on a supervisory board position for Gazprom.

Schröder - but also the Nord Stream attitude of the Mecklenburg-Western Pomeranian state government - raised questions about the SPD's relationship with Russia in February.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz had long avoided threats of sanctions with regard to the pipeline.

Most recently, the party leadership of the Social Democrats distanced themselves sharply from Schröder.

Gerhard Schröder (SPD, l), former Chancellor, hugs Vladimir Putin.

© Alexei Druzhinin/TASS/dpa (archive photo)

Gerhard Schröder: Beacons of Hope in the Ukraine War?

Ex-Chancellor outraged with "saber rattling" statement

At the end of January, Schröder accused Ukraine of "saber rattling" - by that time there was already a massive Russian military contingent on the country's borders.

In a post on LinkedIn, Schröder also commented on the Russian attack in Ukraine on the day the war began.

He called on the country to end the war and the associated suffering for the people of Ukraine as soon as possible.

At the same time, he emphasized that the political, economic and civil society ties between Europe and Russia should not be completely severed if sanctions are necessary.

However, Schröder is not the only (ex-)politician to make such statements.

The federal government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz is at least against a strict oil and gas embargo - to the annoyance of Ukraine.

Saxony's Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer (CDU) also emphasized on Thursday that a hard stop was "not an instrument to end this war" and also not an instrument to combat the crisis.

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