Leader of Far-Right AfD Suggests Poland as Great a Threat to Germany as Russia

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A leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party says Russian President Vladimir Putin's Russia does not pose a threat to his country - but Poland potentially does. The comments, which echo the Kremlin's messaging, come at a time when centrist German politicians are increasingly warning that the AfD is using its growing influence to act as Putin's mouthpiece inside Germany - a claim AfD leaders strongly deny. Putin "has done nothing…

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With his appearance at Markus Lanz, the AfD co-chairman Tino Chrupalla provides a shitstorm. In the show, he says that AfD politicians are persecuted like Kremlin critics and Poland is as dangerous as Russia.

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One of the leaders of "Alternatives for Germany" (AfD) Tino Khrupalla stated that Russia, under Putin's leadership, did not pose any danger to Germany, but he saw a potential threat in Poland. He wrote about this. Politico wrote about it. "Nothing was done to me," said Chrupall on German public television. "I see no danger to Germany now from Russia." He said that any country could pose a potential threat. "Take, for example, Poland", he added, …

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"I don't see a threat to Germany from Russia," said Tino Chrupalla, co-chair of the Alternative for Germany (AfD). The politician, in turn, assessed that Poland could become a threat to Germany. Chrupalla also blamed the West for Russia's attack on Ukraine. Meanwhile, conflict within the AfD itself is escalating over its politicians' contacts with Russia.