Decisions like a colonel: Putin probably more and more involved in fights

Created: 05/17/2022, 10:36 am

By: Felix Busjaeger

President Vladimir Putin and Chief of Staff Valery Gerasimov at meetings.

(Archive photo) © Mikhail Tereshchenko/Imago Images

Apparently, Russian President Vladimir Putin is getting more and more involved in the fighting in the Ukraine war.

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• Former Chancellor Schröder

  is to lose his

  salary

  : SPD politician Gerhard Schröder has continued to be criticized for his contacts with Russia since the outbreak of the Ukraine war.

• Day of remembrance

  against

  discrimination against gays, lesbians and transsexuals

  : numerous events are taking place in Berlin.

• Confiscation

  of Russian state funds:

  Christian Lindner

  (FDP) talks about the plan for the reconstruction of Ukraine.

• This political ticker is continuously updated.

War in Ukraine :

The war in Ukraine has been raging for weeks and apparently Russia's President Vladimir Putin is now becoming increasingly involved in his army's combat strategies.

As the

reports, citing a Western military source, Putin is making more and more "operational and tactical decisions that a colonel or a brigadier general would otherwise make."

also picked up the

news and reported that Putin appears to be continuing to work closely with General Valery Gerasimov, the commander of the Russian armed forces.

It was also said that there were initially rumors that Garasimov was wounded or sidelined by the Kremlin.

Former Chancellor Schröder is said to lose his salary: the Union is preparing an application for the 2022 federal budget

Former chancellor still under criticism:

Even several months after the outbreak of the Ukraine war, former chancellor Gerhard Schröder (SPD) is still out of favor in German politics.

As reported by the German Press Agency, the Union now wants to ensure that the former chancellor's office equipment is removed.

The parliamentary group’s budget holders want to introduce corresponding plans to the last committee meetings on the 2022 federal budget.

Only personal protection should remain Schröder.

In addition to five employee positions, the budget for pension benefits and travel expenses are also to be cut.

Gerhard Schröder, who is considered to understand Putin, has long been criticized for his contacts with Russia, and according to the Union's budget holders, the SPD politician would damage Germany's international reputation.

He also failed to distance himself from Russian President Vladimir Putin.

"Retired Chancellor Schröder is thus on the wrong side of history," write the budget holders in their justification.

Day of remembrance against discrimination against gays, lesbians and transsexuals: numerous events are taking place in Berlin

Day Against Homophobia:

On

Various events are planned in Berlin for the International Day Against Homophobia.

The international day of remembrance dates back to the 1990s: On May 17, 1990, the World Health Organization decided to remove homosexuality from the list of mental illnesses.

Since gays, lesbians and transsexuals are still victims of discrimination in public today, an official day was created in 2004.

As reported by

, among others , there will be a varied program for the International Day Against Homophobia in Berlin.

Among other things, more than 10,000 postcards are to be handed over to State Secretary Sven Lehmann (Greens) during an action in front of the Bundestag from 10 a.m. by the "Basic Law for All" initiative to draw attention to the fact that the paragraph on equal rights for all people around the " Protection of sexual and gender identity” should be added.

Confiscation of Russian state funds: Christian Lindner (FDP) supports plans for the reconstruction of Ukraine

Lindner for expanding the sanctions:

Domestically, Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) is considered an important player in the 2022 relief package, which the federal government is currently launching step by step.

But the politician is now also taking a clear position in the current Ukraine war: As he said in an interview with the

newspaper, he was open to the suggestion that state Russian assets be confiscated for the reconstruction of Ukraine.

According to Lindner, a corresponding discussion would already be discussed in the G7 and the EU.

As it goes on to say, it would also have to be checked exactly what would be legally possible if private assets were confiscated.

"We have to respect the rule of law, even when dealing with Russian oligarchs," Lindner said.

Putin's oligarchs, who are considered Putin's confidants, have long been the focus of Western sanctions.

Recently, it has not been ruled out that the Russian elite could also use the hawala system for money transfers.

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