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Former German chancellor and head of the Rosneft board of directors Gerhard Schroeder said that by annexing Crimea, Russia clearly violated international law, but this statement does not answer the question of what reasons were behind Moscow’s actions.
Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, in an interview with the German weekly Der Spiegel, published on January 15, admitted that the annexation of Ukrainian Crimea was a clear violation of international law.
Schroeder currently serves as head of the Rosneft board of directors and head of the board of directors for Nord Stream 2, owned by Gazprom. During the conversation, Der Spiegel reminded Schroeder of a phrase in his upcoming book Last Chance: that Putin “crossed the line that he should not have crossed.”
For his part, Schroeder clarified that Putin is an important force in Russia, but it is not known with certainty if he is really responsible for everything related to the Russian Federation.
The former foreign minister said that by annexing Crimea, Russia clearly violated international law, but this statement does not answer the question of what reasons were behind Moscow’s actions. If Ukraine really did join NATO, then Sevastopol would have ended up in the territory of the Western alliance, Schroeder suggested.
At the same time, Schroeder considered without sense imposing sanctions for violation of international law, because he does not see what can be achieved with their help. In his opinion, “not a single Russian president will return Crimea.”
Russia annexed Crimea after the strong blockade of Ukrainian military units and illegal referendum on March 16, 2014… Ukraine and most of the countries of the world do not recognize the accession of the peninsula to the Russian Federation.
Schroeder he often makes pro-Russian statements. In early May, he called for the lifting of sanctions against Russia and said that no Russian president would agree to return annexed Crimea to Ukraine. Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany Andrey Melnik repliedthat Crimea “will certainly return to the womb of mother Ukraine” during Schroeder’s life.
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