No. Gerhard Schroeder was called to lick his boss' boots.

Tracing Russian Economic Assets – and Targets for More Sanctions

Gazprom has special influence in Germany thanks in no small part to its employment of Social Democratic ex-chancellor Gerhard Schroeder as chairman of Nordstream, a Gazprom subsidiary operating a pipeline to the Baltic states. Schroeder has been questioned in Germany for his close association with Putin and Schroeder’s defense of the Russian overlord in the Crimean annexation.

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Maybe Gerhard will get Vova to do something. Or, Vova will get Gerhard to make him smarter