(19 May 2022)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARCHIVE: Moscow, Russia - 26 February 2003
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1. Wide of then-German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and Russian President Vladimir Putin walking towards each, shaking hands
2. Mid of media
3. Wide of Putin and Schroeder sitting near fireplace
4. Close of Schroeder
5. Close of Putin
6. Wide of Putin and Schroeder walking towards lecterns
7. Media
8. Putin and Schroeder shaking hands and walking away
POOL
ARCHIVE: Maschsee, Germany - 11 April 2005
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9. Soldiers carrying wreath, Schroeder and Putin following
10. Soldiers laying wreath at monument
11. Schroeder and Putin walking to wreath, kneeling down, then standing in silence in front of monument
12. Schroeder and Putin standing in front of monument
13. Tilt down of monument for victims of Nazism from the former Soviet Union and other countries
14. Various of Schroeder and Putin walking away
STORYLINE:
Germany's three governing parties plan to strip former chancellor Gerhard Schroeder of his office and staff after he maintained and defended his long-standing ties with Russia despite the war in Ukraine.
Schroeder's own Social Democratic Party said Wednesday that lawmakers on the parliamentary budget committee had agreed to link some of the former German leader's privileges to actual duties, rather than his status as former chancellor.
They planned to submit a proposal to lawmakers on Thursday.
Schroeder has become increasingly isolated in recent months due to his work for Russian state-controlled energy companies.
The 78-year-old is chairman of the supervisory board of Russian state energy company Rosneft and also has been involved with the Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline projects.
Earlier this year his office staff quit and Schroeder faced a fresh wave of outrage from former political allies after the New York Times quoted him saying that the massacre of civilians in Bucha “has to be investigated” but he didn’t think the orders would have come from Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is a longtime friend.
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