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Ukraine-Russia war: Germany's Schröder met Putin

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy labeled the former German chancellor's negotiations efforts with Vladimir Putin "disgusting" and called Russia a "terrorist state." Gerhard Schröder's Social Democrats are investigating him for his friendship with Putin.

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