A combination of two images shows graffitis depicting former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and Russian President Vladimir Putin (top) and former Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev kissing his East German counterpart Erich Honecker (bottom) along the East Side Gallery, the largest remaining part of the former Berlin Wall, in Berlin, Germany. Top picture taken April 2, 2022. Bottom picture taken June 27, 2020. REUTERS/Anne Barth/Fabrizio Bensch 

Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and Russian President Vladimir Putin are depicted in this graffiti exchanging a kiss at the East Side Gallery in Berlin, Germany April 2, 2022. Slogan reads in German and Russian "Dear God, help me to survive this love". Picture taken during a campaign of artists April 2, 2022. REUTERS/Anne Barth TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and Russian President Vladimir Putin are depicted in this graffiti exchanging a kiss at the East Side Gallery in Berlin, Germany April 2, 2022. Slogan reads in German and Russian "Dear God, help me to survive this love". Picture taken during a campaign of artists April 2, 2022. REUTERS/Anne Barth 

Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and Russian President Vladimir Putin are depicted in this graffiti exchanging a kiss at the East Side Gallery in Berlin, Germany April 2, 2022. Slogan reads in German and Russian "Dear God, help me to survive this love". Picture taken during a campaign of artists April 2, 2022. REUTERS/Anne Barth 

A combination picture shows former German Chancellor Angela Merkel holding flowers as she hands over the chancellery to her successor, newly appointed German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, at the Chancellery in Berlin, December 8, 2021 (top) and German former Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder leaving after presenting flowers to then Christian Democrat (CDU) leader Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin, Germany November 22, 2005 (bottom). REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/Wolfgang Rattay 

Britta Ernst, wife of designated German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, sits next to former German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and his wife Kim So-yeon in the visitors tribune before the start of a session of the German lower house of parliament Bundestag to elect a new chancellor, in Berlin, Germany, December 8, 2021. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch 

Former German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder sits with his wife Kim So-yeon in the visitors tribune before the start of a session of the German lower house of parliament Bundestag to elect a new chancellor, in Berlin, Germany, December 8, 2021. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse 

Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and his wife Soyeon Kim attend festivities to mark the 30th anniversary of the German reunification, in Potsdam, Germany, October 3, 2020. Soeren Stache/Pool via REUTERS 

Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder talks to Manuela Schwesig, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's State Premier before the memorial service for late Brandenburg state prime Minister Manfred Stolpe at the Nikolai church (Nikolaikirche) in Potsdam, Germany, January 21, 2020. Soeren Stache/Pool via Reuters 

Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and his wife Soyeon Kim attend the memorial service for late Brandenburg state prime Minister Manfred Stolpe at the Nikolai church (Nikolaikirche) in Potsdam, Germany, January 21, 2020. Soeren Stache/Pool via Reuters 

Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and his wife Soyeon Kim attend the memorial service for late Brandenburg state prime Minister Manfred Stolpe at the Nikolai church (Nikolaikirche) in Potsdam, Germany, January 21, 2020. Soeren Stache/Pool via Reuters 

Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and his wife Soyeon Kim pose as they arrive for the opening of the Bayreuth Wagner Festival at the Richard Wagner Festival Hall in Bayreuth, Germany July 25, 2019. REUTERS/Andreas Gebert 

Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and his wife Soyeon Kim pose as they arrive for the opening of the Bayreuth Wagner Festival at the Richard Wagner Festival Hall in Bayreuth, Germany July 25, 2019. REUTERS/Andreas Gebert 

Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and his wife Soyeon Kim arrive for the opening of the Bayreuth Wagner Festival at the Richard Wagner Festival Hall in Bayreuth, Germany July 25, 2019. REUTERS/Andreas Gebert 

Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and his wife Soyeon Kim arrive for the opening of the Bayreuth Wagner Festival at the Richard Wagner Festival Hall in Bayreuth, Germany July 25, 2019. REUTERS/Andreas Gebert 

Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and his wife Soyeon Kim arrive for the opening of the Bayreuth Wagner Festival at the Richard Wagner Festival Hall in Bayreuth, Germany July 25, 2019. REUTERS/Andreas Gebert 

Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and his wife Soyeon Kim arrive for the opening of the Bayreuth Wagner Festival at the Richard Wagner Festival Hall in Bayreuth, Germany July 25, 2019. REUTERS/Andreas Gebert 

Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and his wife Soyeon Kim arrive for the opening of the Bayreuth Wagner Festival at the Richard Wagner Festival Hall in Bayreuth, Germany July 25, 2019. REUTERS/Andreas Gebert 

Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and his wife Soyeon Kim arrive before the traditional St.Matthew's Day banquet (Matthiae-Mahlzeit) in the City Hall in Hamburg, Germany February 22, 2019. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer 

Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and his wife Soyeon Kim arrive before the traditional St.Matthew's Day banquet (Matthiae-Mahlzeit) in the City Hall in Hamburg, Germany February 22, 2019. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer 

Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and his wife Soyeon Kim arrive before the traditional St.Matthew's Day banquet (Matthiae-Mahlzeit) in the City Hall in Hamburg, Germany February 22, 2019. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer 

IHF Handball World Championship - Germany & Denmark 2019 - Group A - Korea v Germany - Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin, Germany - January 10, 2019 Former Chancellor of Germany Gerhard Schroeder (R) and his wife Kim So-yeon in the stands REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch 

Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder is pictured during an interview with Reuters in his office in Berlin, Germany, November 15, 2018. Picture taken November 15, 2018. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch 

The name plaque of former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder is pictured outside his office during an interview with Reuters in Berlin, Germany, November 15, 2018. Picture taken November 15, 2018. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch 

Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder is pictured during an interview with Reuters in his office in Berlin, Germany, November 15, 2018. Picture taken November 15, 2018. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch 

Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder is pictured during an interview with Reuters in his office in Berlin, Germany, November 15, 2018. Picture taken November 15, 2018. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch 

Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder is pictured during an interview with Reuters in his office in Berlin, Germany, November 15, 2018. Picture taken November 15, 2018. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch 

Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder is pictured during an interview with Reuters in his office in Berlin, Germany, November 15, 2018. Picture taken November 15, 2018. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch 

Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder is pictured during an interview with Reuters in his office in Berlin, Germany, November 15, 2018. Picture taken November 15, 2018. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch 

Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder is pictured during an interview with Reuters in his office in Berlin, Germany, November 15, 2018. Picture taken November 15, 2018. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch 

Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder is seen reflected on the surface of his desk during an interview with Reuters in his office in Berlin, Germany, November 15, 2018. Picture taken November 15, 2018. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch 

Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder is pictured during an interview with Reuters in his office in Berlin, Germany, November 15, 2018. Picture taken November 15, 2018. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch 

Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder is pictured during an interview with Reuters in his office in Berlin, Germany, November 15, 2018. Picture taken November 15, 2018. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch 

Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and his wife Kim So-yeon pose during a reception before their wedding party in Berlin, Germany, October 5, 2018. Kai-Uwe Wärner/Pool via Reuters 

Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and his wife Kim So-yeon pose during a reception before their wedding party in Berlin, Germany, October 5, 2018. Kai-Uwe Waerner/Pool via Reuters 

Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and his wife Kim So-yeon pose during a reception before their wedding party in Berlin, Germany, October 5, 2018. Kai-Uwe Wärner/Pool via Reuters 

Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and his wife Kim So-yeon pose during a reception before their wedding party in Berlin, Germany, October 5, 2018. Kai-Uwe Waerner/Pool via Reuters 

Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, his wife Kim So-yeon and her mother pose during a reception before their wedding party in Berlin, Germany, October 5, 2018. Kai-Uwe Waerner/Pool via Reuters 

Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and his wife Kim So-yeon pose during a reception before their wedding party in Berlin, Germany, October 5, 2018. Kai-Uwe Waerner/Pool via Reuters 

Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and his wife Kim So-yeon welcome Scorpions lead singer Klaus Meine and his wife Gabi during a reception before their wedding party in Berlin, Germany, October 5, 2018. Kai-Uwe Waerner/Pool via Reuters 

Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and his wife Kim So-yeon pose with Sigmar Gabriel and his wife Anke during a reception before their wedding party in Berlin, Germany, October 5, 2018. Kai-Uwe Wärner/Pool via Reuters 

Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and his wife Kim So-yeon pose during a reception before their wedding party in Berlin, Germany, October 5, 2018. Kai-Uwe Wärner/Pool via Reuters 

Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and his wife Kim So-yeon pose during a reception before their wedding party in Berlin, Germany, October 5, 2018. Kai-Uwe Wärner/Pool via Reuters 

Vladimir Chizhov, Russian envoy to the European Union, Gerhard Schroeder, former German Chancellor and chairman of the shareholders’ committee at Nord Stream AG, and Gazprom deputy chief executive Alexander Medvedev attend a working breakfast as part of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), Russia May 25, 2018. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin 

Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, chairman of the shareholders’ committee at Nord Stream AG, attends a working breakfast as part of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), Russia May 25, 2018. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin 

IOC President Thomas Bach, his wife Claudia, Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and his partner Kim So-yeon pose at the President's Dinner on the eve of the Opening Ceremony for the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, February 8, 2018. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard 

Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and his partner Kim So-yeon attend the President's Dinner hosted by IOC President Thomas Bach on the eve of the Opening Ceremony for the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, February 8, 2018. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard 

IOC President Thomas Bach greets former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder as Bach's wife Claudia looks on at the President's Dinner on the eve of the Opening Ceremony for the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea February 8, 2018. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard 

Doris Schroeder-Koepf (C), ex-wife of former German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder reacts following first exit polls for the Lower Saxony state elections at the Social Democratic Party (SPD) headquarters in Hanover, Germany October 15, 2017. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay 

Doris Schroeder-Koepf (2nd L), ex-wife of former German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder following first exit polls for the Lower Saxony state elections at the Social Democratic Party (SPD) headquarters in Hanover, Germany October 15, 2017. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay 

Doris Schroeder-Koepf (C), ex-wife of former German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder reacts as she awaits first exit polls for the Lower Saxony state elections at the Social Democratic Party (SPD) headquarters in Hanover, Germany October 15, 2017. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay 

Gerhard Schroeder (R), newly elected Chairman of Russia's biggest oil producer Rosneft, attends a news briefing in St. Petersburg, Russia September 29, 2017. REUTERS/Olesya Astakhova 

Gerhard Schroeder, newly elected Chairman of Russia's biggest oil producer Rosneft, attends a news briefing in St. Petersburg, Russia September 29, 2017. REUTERS/Olesya Astakhova 

Journalists take photos of a picture from a TV debate of former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and his former conservative challenger Edmund Stoiber from 2002 at the Adlershof TV studio, in Berlin, Germany, September 1, 2017. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke 

Former German Chancellor and SPD member Gerhard Schroeder smiles after a debate as he joins the campaign trail in Rotenburg, Germany, August 30, 2017. REUTERS/Morris Mac Matzen 

Former German Chancellor and SPD member Gerhard Schroeder is seen during a debate as he joins the campaign trail in Rotenburg, Germany, August 30, 2017. REUTERS/Morris Mac Matzen 

Former German Chancellor and SPD member Gerhard Schroeder gestures during a debate as he joins the campaign trail in Rotenburg, Germany, August 30, 2017. REUTERS/Morris Mac Matzen 

Former German Chancellor and SPD member Gerhard Schroeder is seen during a debate as he joins the campaign trail in Rotenburg, Germany, August 30, 2017. REUTERS/Morris Mac Matzen 

Former German Chancellor and SPD member Gerhard Schroeder gestures during a debate as he joins the campaign trail in Rotenburg, Germany, August 30, 2017. REUTERS/Morris Mac Matzen 

Former German Chancellor and SPD member Gerhard Schroeder speaks with Lars Klingbeil of the SPD as he joins the campaign trail in Rotenburg, Germany, August 30, 2017. REUTERS/Morris Mac Matzen