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by lysace 2 days ago
Connect the dots.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2000/jun/15/johnhooper (2000)

Chancellor Gerhard Schröder was last night within sight of an historic deal to shut down Germany's nuclear energy industry - the fourth largest in the world.

https://atomicinsights.com/gazprom-profiting-mightily-from-g... (2011)

Gazprom profiting mightily from German nuclear exit

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/23/world/europe/schroder-ger... (2022)

The Former Chancellor Who Became Putin’s Man in Germany

Gerhard Schröder, who is paid almost $1 million a year by Russian-controlled energy companies, has become a pariah.

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One could also see the gradual increase in dependence on Russian gas as part in long term preparations for War in Ukraine.
Would the full-scale invasion even have happened without this groundwork? I doubt it.