US EditionGermany news: AfD trip to Russia sparks 'treason' accusation
- On Nov 5, German lawmakers in Berlin accused the far-right Alternative for Germany of harbouring a Russian sleeper cell, and AfD politicians rejected the allegations as `embarrassing` and `malicious`.
- Opponents note that since October the AfD used parliamentary questions to gather sensitive security details in Thuringia, citing the Kremlin strategy paper describing Mr Markus Frohnmaier as `under complete control` amid the AfD's rise in the past year.
- Parliamentary questions asked about arms deliveries to Ukraine, power stations, drone production and army bases, and government departments supplied public written answers on November 5.
- The dispute has quickly taken on national-security concerns as Ms Sonja Eichwede of the Social Democrats charged the AfD acts `as a stooge for Russian interests`, while Mr Markus Frohnmaier, AfD politician, said the government aims to distract and tarnish the party.
- Framing the controversy, the AfD argued Mr Markus Frohnmaier accused rivals of using Russia as a smear, saying now that the `Nazi` card no longer works the CDU will focus on Russia and the AfD for the next four years.
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Germany news: AfD trip to Russia sparks 'treason' accusation
Plans by far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) lawmakers to visit Russia have drawn outrage from opponents who say it serves the Kremlin's interests. Meanwhile, Germany's exports have rebounded. DW has the latest.
The AfD sends a delegation to the Brics conference in the Russian Sochi. CDU and CSU accuse the party of being close to the Kremlin and anti-democracy.
Some politicians of the AfD want to travel to Russia. But from the other parties there is a lot of criticism for the planned trip.
Some politicians of the AfD want to travel to Russia. But from the other parties there is a lot of criticism for the planned trip.
The AfD is always close to Russia and underlines this course with a planned trip of prominent representatives to the Putin empire. The focus is on a Brics conference on the Black Sea. For the Union, the party thus shows itself as a "marionette and risk for our country".
A trip to Russia next week by several politicians from Germany's far-right AfD party will not include a meeting with former President Dmitry Medvedev.
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