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Die Moskau-Connection 2023
The Moscow Connection. The Schröder Network and Germany's Path to Dependency is a political non-fiction book published in May 2023. It was written by Reinhard Bingener and Markus Wehner, both journalists from the German Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. The book follows the political and economic network centered on former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, who led the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) from 1998 to 2005. It examines the cooperation between Schröder and Russian President Vladimir Putin. According to the authors, this collaboration contributed to Germany showing signs of weakness toward Russia. Such hesitation and internal division in Europe, the book argues, emboldened Putin to pursue increasingly aggressive actions—up to the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
The work received wide media attention and generally favorable reviews. It appeared on Der Spiegel's bestseller list. The authors presented the book on 14 March 2023 in Hanover at the Leuenhagen & Paris bookstore. During the event, Markus Wehner stated in his speech: "Tens of thousands of deaths in Ukraine are also due to this Russia policy." The book includes a photograph showing Gerhard Schröder standing with Vladimir Putin at the opening of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
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