Schröder visits Moscow on Putin’s birthday

Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder visited a Globus supermarket in Moscow yesterday. Schröder joined the supervisory board of Hyperglobus, the Russian spin-off of Germany’s Globus Holdings, on September 30. Media reports speculate he was there to meet Putin. While Germany and Russia appear to be at odds on the surface, extensive collaboration is taking place behind the scenes—and there is an alarming reason for it.