Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is apparently a fan of Alice Weidel and Sahra Wagenknecht. There was “a lot of sense in their statements,” Lavrov said at his major press conference in Moscow at the beginning of this year.
Like the Rassemblement National in France, the AfD is a party that is based in parliament and has a growing electorate. Both wanted “the national self-determination and identity of the Germans and the French to be restored, because they believe that the Brussels bureaucracy has appropriated a large part of it,” Lavrov said, referring to right-wing parties in Germany and France. In this context, the 74-year-old chief diplomat also mentioned the Sahra Wagenknecht alliance several times. He could not say that the programs of all these parties were destructive.
AfD representatives in Russian talk shows
He emphasized that representatives of the AfD also appear on Russian talk shows and advocate for better relations between Moscow and Berlin. For example, they pointed out that the “Anglo-Saxons,” as Lavrov described the British and Americans, had always tried to prevent an alliance between Germany and Russia. The Foreign Minister also received AfD co-chair Tino Chrupalla in Moscow in 2020.
Lavrov and representatives of the Moscow power apparatus are always happy to hear when the AfD and BSW speak out in favor of resuming Russian gas supplies. The issue also plays a role in the election campaigns of both parties. The Russian minister said that the AfD and BSW in Germany pointed to “de-industrialization” and increasing poverty.
Putin: Kremlin ready to work with AfD
Russian head of state Vladimir Putin had also praised the AfD and stated that Moscow was ready to cooperate with the forces that advocated normal relations with Russia.
Source: Krone
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