{"id":1450805,"date":"2026-10-09T11:12:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T08:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/?p=1450805"},"modified":"2026-10-09T11:12:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T08:12:10","slug":"putin-celebrated-his-birthday-with-former-german-chancellor-schroeder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/putin-celebrated-his-birthday-with-former-german-chancellor-schroeder\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin celebrated his birthday with former German Chancellor Schroeder"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Russian leader Vladimir Putin celebrated his 74th birthday with former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, who recently took a position in Russian business.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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This<\/span> is<\/span> reported by<\/span><\/a> DW.<\/span><\/p>\n

The<\/span> Kremlin<\/span> said<\/span> that<\/span> Putin<\/span> learned<\/span> of<\/span> Schroeder’s<\/span> arrival<\/span> in<\/span> Moscow<\/span> from<\/span> media<\/span> reports<\/span> and<\/span> invited<\/span> the<\/span> former<\/span> chancellor<\/span> to<\/span> his<\/span> home.<\/span> There<\/span> they<\/span> celebrated<\/span> the Russian<\/span> leader’s birthday<\/span> ,<\/span> which<\/span> falls<\/span> on<\/span> October<\/span> 7<\/span> ,<\/span> together<\/span> .<\/span><\/p>\n

“The president<\/span> invited<\/span> his<\/span> old<\/span> friend<\/span> to<\/span> his<\/span> home.<\/span> Gerhard<\/span> Schroeder<\/span> was<\/span> with<\/span> Vladimir<\/span> Putin<\/span> when<\/span> the head<\/span> of state<\/span> celebrated<\/span> his<\/span> birthday<\/span> yesterday<\/span> ,<\/span> “<\/span> the<\/span> Kremlin<\/span> said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Schroeder<\/span> arrived<\/span> in<\/span> the Russian<\/span> capital<\/span> to<\/span> meet<\/span> with<\/span> employees<\/span> and<\/span> management<\/span> of the Globus hypermarket<\/span> chain<\/span> .<\/span> He<\/span> recently<\/span> joined<\/span> the supervisory<\/span> board<\/span> of<\/span> Hyperglobus<\/span> LLC<\/span> ,<\/span> the Russian<\/span> division<\/span> of the German<\/span> holding<\/span> Globus<\/span> Holding<\/span> GmbH<\/span> &<\/span> Co,<\/span> which<\/span> operates<\/span> a chain<\/span> of grocery<\/span> hypermarkets<\/span> in<\/span> the Russian Federation.<\/span><\/p>\n

The former chancellor’s<\/span> appointment<\/span> has drawn<\/span> criticism<\/span> in<\/span> Germany.<\/span> In particular,<\/span> a number of<\/span> politicians<\/span> and<\/span> economists<\/span> have spoken out<\/span> against<\/span> his<\/span> new<\/span> job<\/span> in<\/span> Russia.<\/span> Bundestag<\/span> member<\/span> Roderich<\/span> Kiesewetter<\/span> called<\/span> the<\/span> decision “<\/span> a betrayal<\/span> of Europe<\/span> and<\/span> his own<\/span> country.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Gerhard<\/span> Schr\u00f6der<\/span> , 82,<\/span> led<\/span> the<\/span> German<\/span> government<\/span> from<\/span> 1998<\/span> to<\/span> 2005<\/span> and<\/span> the Social Democratic<\/span> Party<\/span> of Germany<\/span> (SPD)<\/span> from<\/span> 1999<\/span> to<\/span> 2004.<\/span> For<\/span> many<\/span> years<\/span> ,<\/span> he<\/span> has<\/span> been<\/span> criticized<\/span> for<\/span> his close<\/span> relations<\/span> with<\/span> Russia<\/span> and<\/span> cooperation<\/span> with<\/span> Russian<\/span> energy<\/span> companies.<\/span><\/p>\n

After<\/span> the start of<\/span> the full-scale<\/span> Russian<\/span> invasion<\/span> of<\/span> Ukraine<\/span> , Schroeder<\/span> did not<\/span> distance himself<\/span> from<\/span> the Kremlin.<\/span> In<\/span> January<\/span> 2026<\/span> ,<\/span> he<\/span> advocated<\/span> the<\/span> resumption<\/span> of energy<\/span> cooperation<\/span> with<\/span> Russia<\/span> and<\/span> called for<\/span> not<\/span> demonizing<\/span> it<\/span> despite<\/span> the war<\/span> against<\/span> Ukraine.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Earlier<\/span> it was reported<\/span> that<\/span> People’s<\/span> Deputy<\/span> Artem<\/span> Dmytruk,<\/span> who<\/span> was elected<\/span> to<\/span> the Verkhovna<\/span> Rada<\/span> from the “<\/span> Servant<\/span> of the People” party<\/span> and<\/span> is<\/span> now<\/span> a<\/span> non-partisan,<\/span> congratulated<\/span> Russian<\/span> President<\/span> Vladimir<\/span> Putin<\/span> on<\/span> his birthday<\/span> .<\/span><\/a> In<\/span> his<\/span> address,<\/span> he<\/span> also<\/span> called on<\/span> Ukraine<\/span> to engage in<\/span> direct<\/span> dialogue<\/span> with<\/span> Russia<\/span> and<\/span> Belarus.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Russian leader Vladimir Putin celebrated his 74th birthday with former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, who recently took a position in Russian business. This is reported by DW. The Kremlin said that Putin learned of Schroeder’s arrival in Moscow from media reports and invited the former chancellor to his home. There they celebrated the Russian leader’s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":1450800,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76875,76885],"class_list":["post-1450805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-other-news","category-policy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1450805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1450805"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1450805\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1450806,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1450805\/revisions\/1450806"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1450800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1450805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1450805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}