With a sophisticated strategy to influence Russia, the aim should be to reduce Germany’s willingness to support Ukraine. To this end, the right-wing and left-wing parties in Germany must be united in a coalition.
What do Sahra Wagenknecht and the AfD have in common? Despite the many differences, both camps believe that Germany should negotiate with Russia instead of supplying weapons to Ukraine. In February, Wagenknecht said in a speech that ending the war did not require tanks, but rather diplomacy and a willingness to compromise.
“With every weapon we deliver to the powder keg, the danger of a world war increases. This must end and this is not Putin’s propaganda.” The statements generated a lot of criticism, for example the German Minister of Economic Affairs Robert Habeck (Greens) complained that Wagenknecht wanted to sell something like peace that “is imposing a dictator, an imperialist dictator, on Europe”.
Attack on solidarity with Ukraine
European intelligence agencies obtained secret Kremlin documents and found that on July 13, 2022, the Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation convened a group of Russian political strategists and told them that Moscow wanted to focus its efforts on Germany.
A vote should be spread there that would help to reduce solidarity with Ukraine. To do this, the strategists would have to discredit the European Union, the US, Britain and NATO in the eyes of German citizens and convince them that the sanctions imposed on Russia would harm Germany.
Troll Factories are planning to get into mischief
The documents also say that there was close cooperation in this regard with Russian “troll factories”, which spread messages on social networks. Particular attention was paid to the increase in energy prices. However, due to the warm winter and the diversification of the energy supply, German society did not pay much attention to it.
A new political movement must emerge
There is also the assumption that Russian opinion leaders used protests across Germany as a platform to put forward their own ideas. It is possible that some protests were even started by Russian experts. For example, some actions in Leipzig and Neustrelitz used slogans found in Russian documents, such as: “What are we going to heat with in winter?”
The Kremlin wants to start a new political movement that would win “majorities in elections at all levels” in Germany. Sahra Wagenknecht denied to the Washington Post that she knew anything about such plans by the Kremlin and stated that she would never work with the AfD. And AfD boss Tino Chrupalla also remarked to the “t-online” portal that he heard about such a project for the first time.
Source: Krone
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