Gerhard Schröder, the former German chancellor, has been nominated to join the board of Russian energy giant Gazprom, fuelling scrutiny of his close links to the Kremlin-controlled company as tension mounts between Moscow and the west over whether Russia is preparing to invade Ukraine.
Gazprom is also facing criticism over whether it has stoked a gas crisis in Europe by sending fewer supplies than in prior years. The group on Friday said it had proposed Schröder as a candidate to be appointed at its annual shareholder meeting on June 30.
In the list of 11 candidates to the board, Schröder is set to replace Timur Kulibayev, the son-in-law of Kazakhstan’s former long-serving president Nursultan Nazarbayev.
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