Should Schröder accept a post at Rosneft?

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Euro|Topics relaunched their website during 2016. Features published before that date are still available via an archive website (see related url hyperlinks).News sources reported in August 2017 that former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder intended to take up an appointment on the Supervisory Board of the Russian oil company Rosneft. The firm has been on the list of those subject to EU sanctions ever since Russia's annexation of the Crimea in 2014. Some commentators thought Schröder should refuse the post. Others said this Russian lobbying strategy should be emulated.

[Gerhard Schröder was elected to the board of Russian energy giant Rosneft and became its chairman in September 2017].

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http://archiv.eurotopics.net/en/home/presseschau/aktuell.html http://archiv.eurotopics.net/en/home/presseschau/aktuell.html

ESO: Background information: Bismarck and Germany’s pro-Russia lobby http://www.europeansources.info/record/note-from-berlin-bismarck-and-germanys-pro-russia-lobby/

Deutsche Welle, 12.08.17: Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder nominated to Russia's Rosneft board http://p.dw.com/p/2i89i

ESO: Background information: Judgment in Case C-72/15 The Queen, on the application of PJSC Rosneft Oil Company, formerly OJSC Rosneft Oil Company v Her Majesty’s Treasury, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills and The Financial Conduct Authority, March 2017 http://www.europeansources.info/record/judgment-in-case-c-72-15-the-queen-on-the-application-of-pjsc-rosneft-oil-company-formerly-ojsc-rosneft-oil-company-v-her-majestys-treasury-secretary-of-state-for-business-innovation-and/

Politico, 17-18.08.17: [Opinion]: Schröder’s Russian sell-out http://www.politico.eu/article/opinion-schroders-russian-sell-out/

Carnegie Europe: Strategic Europe, 29.08.17: Putin’s Man in Hungary, Putin’s Man in Germany http://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/72934?lang=en

Carnegie Europe: Strategic Europe, 03.10.17: Schröder’s Unswerving Loyalty to Putin http://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/73281?lang=en

Deutsche Welle, 29.09.17: Former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder takes seat on Rosneft board http://p.dw.com/p/2kwdD

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