MOSCOW – Germany’s ex-Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder is a legend in Russia. He serves Gazprom’s interests for a measly couple of million euros a year, sits in at sessions of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and writes books about his staunch friendship with “Genosse Wladimir,” who, in the not-so-distant past, earned himself the well-deserved nickname of “Stasi” among business circles in gangster-ridden St. Petersburg.
莫斯科——德国前总理格哈德·施罗德在俄罗斯是个传奇人物。他为挣得区区每年数百万欧元的酬金替俄罗斯天然气公司工作，列席俄罗斯科学院召集的会议，并写书称颂他与“弗拉基米尔同志”之间忠诚的友谊，而后者就在不算太远的过去，还在完全由歹徒控制的圣彼得堡企业界当之无愧地赢得了的“东德秘密警察”（Stasi）的浑名。