In 1995 , Rühe withdrew an invitation for his Moscow counterpart , Pavel Grachev , to visit Germany after Grachev insulted leading critics of the war in Chechnya . At the time , this was regarded as throwing into question German-Russian military cooperation on European security issues following the country 's reunification . During the Grozny ballistic missile attack in 1999 , Rühe called for freezing Western loans to Russia
Grozny ballistic missile attack
Grozny ballistic missile attack
Volker Rühe