[Tailgunner Joe]

German ex-Chancellor Schroeder praises Putin for 'stability and reliability' - "...after this decade he has put Russia, in both domestic and foreign policy, on a path to stability and reliability," Schroeder said.

"State authority is being restored, the trust of the citizens in state institutions has grown, the standard of living has rising, and there has been a beginning, and a successful one at that, in building up the rule of law, ...that is the precondition for a comprehensive democratization," he said. "There is no democratic condition without a functioning state."

[SolidWood]

Schroeder still sucking up to Putin. I hate the first one even more than the latter. Disgusting cleptocrats.