Berlin, Oct 9, 2026 (AFP) - German leader outraged at Schroeder birthday visit to Putin

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Chancellor Friedrich Merz is outraged that former German leader Gerhard Schroeder visited Vladimir Putin in Moscow on the Russian president's birthday, Berlin said Friday. The Kremlin said on Thursday that Putin had invited his "old friend" Schroeder to join him for his 74th birthday after learning that the former German leader was in Moscow. Asked about the incident, German government spokesman Steffen Meyer said Merz was "deeply outraged". "Put......

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