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The Financial Times has reported that former German chancellor Gerhard Schröder has stepped down as chair of the board of Rosneft, the state-owned Russian oil giant, after weeks of controversy over his refusal to distance himself from the Kremlin over the Ukraine invasion.
Former East German intelligence officer Matthias Warnig, a close friend of Putin’s who has worked for Russia for years, also stepped down from the board this week
