Alexey Navalny is now in a prison camp (Image: GETTY) “As that might uncover the role of Ex-Chancellor Schroeder, a Social Democrat and Putin‘s poodle, Scholz will do everything to stick to this slimy deal. “As Chancellor, Schroeder made the deal with Putin in 2005. “After he lost the election in 2005, Putin hired him to oversee Nord Stream 1 and to lobby for Nord Stream 2, in my view the worst conflict of interest imaginable and the biggest scandal in the Republic‘s history.” Nord Stream 2 will run from Russia to Germany (Image: GETTY) Speaking to Express.co.uk last year, Tory MP Daniel Kawczysnki suggested post-Brexit Britain had a major role to play when it came to opposition to Nord Stream 2.