Gerhard Schröder, Germany’s former chancellor and a close frie | Financial Times Ukraine news

Gerhard Schröder, Germany’s former chancellor and a close friend of Russian president Vladimir Putin, has been stripped of his parliamentary privileges, as anger grows over his refusal to distance himself from the Kremlin despite the war in Ukraine. (Free to read)
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The FT View: With Nato allies unwilling to go to war with a nuclear-armed Russia, Ukraine is having to fight alone. It will need all the international support it can muster to deal with the long-term economic devastation. Read more here. https://on.ft.com/3Mtykzz

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