The Washington Post reported Friday on Kremlin documents dating from July to November 2022. They are said to document meetings between Kremlin officials and Russian strategists aimed at creating anti-war sentiment in Germany and weakening support for Ukraine. However, the documents do not contain any indication that there was direct contact between the Russian strategists and German politicians.
The AfD should be reorganized and its popularity increased, the newspaper reported from the documents. The aim of a new political force in Germany that Moscow is striving for should be to win majorities in elections. The AfD should become part of a new party of “German unity”, which, among other things, should reject the sanctions against Russia.
Chrupalla reports on influencing the AfD Russia return
Sahra Wagenknecht told the Washington Post that there would be no cooperation or alliance with the AfD on her part. She also had no contact with representatives of the Russian state, emphasized the left-wing politician.
AfD boss Tino Chrupalla has rejected the Washington Post report that Russia wants to weaken German solidarity with Ukraine by influencing the AfD. He had “never heard of such alleged plans,” Chrupalla told the “t-online” portal on Friday.
Chrupalla spoke of a “robber’s pistol that serves to discredit the peace movement”. According to the report, Moscow is striving for an alliance between the German right and the camp around left-wing politician Wagenknecht.
