# Kremlin shares portrait of Putin celebrating birthday with former German chancellor Schröder

https://mins.news/en/item/91999

- Meduza, 2026-10-08 19:11 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/10/08/an-old-friend-a-stove-and-a-samovar-the-kremlin-shares-a-portrait-of-putin-s-birthday-with-former-german-chancellor-gerhard-schroder

> The Kremlin said Putin invited his “old friend” Gerhard Schröder to his home after learning on October 7 that the former German chancellor had arrived in Moscow. The Kremlin press office said they spent Putin’s birthday together and published a photograph of the two on October 8.

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