German ex-Chancellor Schröder gives up Rosneft position
23 May 2022 |
7:47 am
Germany's Former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder has stepped down from the board of the Russian state-owned oil company, a week after the Bundestag announced he would lose his taxpayer-funded office and staff.
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