The former German chancellor Gerhard Schröder, whose close ties to the Kremlin have made him an increasingly isolated figure in his own country, has gone to Moscow to try to persuade President Putin to end the war in Ukraine
Schröder, 77, has been cut adrift by even his most loyal former lieutenants after refusing to give up his lucrative positions at several Russian state-owned energy companies.
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