Schröder, Putin and the Laws of Omerta: Mario Puzo’s “The Godfather” movie is all you need to understand Gerhard Schröder, the former German Chancellor and close Putin crony.
Post Link Schröder, Putin and the Laws of Omerta - The Globalist Saturday March 12 th , 2022 at 3:11 AM The Globalist 1 Share Schröder, Putin and the Laws of Omerta Mario Puzo’s “The Godfather” movie is all you need to understand Gerhard Schröder, the former German Chancellor and close Putin crony. By Stephan Richter , March 11, 2022 Takeaways What makes the “Omerta” – the mafia’s loyalty oath – so effective are the consequences of breaking the rules. That regularly ends in death. Putin has repeatedly stated that he forgives a person everything but treason. Someone like Schröder would have every reason to rest in himself. Not so. His personality desperately needs constant recognition. He always wanted to belong. Schröder still doubts himself. Putin, the trained KGB agent and judge of character, recognized this as early as 1998, when he was still head of the Russian secret service. In the kleptocratic Russian context, Schröder sold his soul for a relatively small amount...