Far Right's Ties to Russia Sow Rising Alarm in Germany
Far Rights Ties to Russia Sow Rising Alarm in Germany
April 15, 2024 at 7:34 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 34 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2024/04/15/far-rights-ties-to-russia-sow-rising-alarm-in-germany/
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New York Times: To enter a secret session of Germanys Parliament, lawmakers must lock their phones and leave them outside. Inside, they are not even allowed to take notes. Yet to many politicians, these precautions against espionage now feel like something of a farce.
Because seated alongside them in those classified meetings are members of the Alternative for Germany, the far-right party known by its German abbreviation, AfD.
In the past few months alone, a leading AfD politician was accused of taking money from pro-Kremlin strategists. One of the partys parliamentary aides was exposed as having links to a Russian intelligence operative. And some of its state lawmakers flew to Moscow to observe Russias stage-managed elections.
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