His country then. We set out on a tour of several european cities together daughter bella and its french partner station france 24. 00 investigated russian influence on europes far right. The Russian Embassy in berlin which dominated the then socialist east germany more than 30 years ago. And how much influence does the kremlin try to wield behind the scenes today germanys bundestag regards the right wing populist party alternative for germany the a. F. D. As especially open to russia its lead candidate for the Upcoming European elections is york more to. This i would always say good neighborly relations with russia and with the United States we want a thoroughly pragmatic approach i dont represent russian interests or american interests im a german politician representing german interests and its in our german and european interests to maintain good and open relations with russia and with other nations to understand. And yet one particular a. F. D. Representative has been cultivating more than good relations with russia marcos whole maya. And hes been reaping scorn from other parliamentarians. Marcos phone my eye has long presented himself as a friend of moscow whenever possible with his close confidant manuel ox and ita many photos of the 2 friends can be found on the internet box innovator is known as a right wing populist who aggressively seeks closer relations with moscow even more so now since the ukraine conflict he often gives interviews to russian nationalist media we need to plan for the future and i hope that we start with planning that we can leave nato in 5 to 10 years when hostilities commenced in Eastern Ukraine oxon vitae was seen in the company of the separatists leaning toward russian president putin he stole to himself an election observer posing for photos with other foreigners such as a group of french fighters. The conflict in ukraine caused a rift between moscow and the European Union it began with russias annexation of crimea in march 2014 and deepened when moscow was found to be arming the separatists in Eastern Ukraine. This proved to be a geopolitical turning point in the developments in 2014 especially trained they mobilized or they made relations between the european far right and moscow more active after the start of the russian and. Russia will sanction and as a response to those same russia would try to interfere in the elections. Even at that time putin was establishing contact with the head of italys far right leg a north party my tail so the me now in a high position in the italian government. 5 years later with the European Election approaching salvini is promoting closer cooperation between the right wing populist parties including germanys a. F. D. And remember if we join salvini struck her look penn and others in one big group will have the political clout that a lone warrior doesnt have to form policy and the company took the a. F. D. Decided to take a pro russian stance falling in line with all other european right wing populist they rejected western sanctions against russia over its interference in the conflict in Eastern Ukraine and after 5 years of building alliances with europes right wing extremists moscow scored a victory among the key operators were various shadowy figures such as manual oxen. In november 2014 he was photographed in Eastern Ukraine together with a frenchman victoria lanta an exponential soldier posing with sympathizers from france. They all share right wing views and hatred for liberal Democratic Values far right organizations and passes. Some of the few. Political forces in europe that are still ready to cooperate with the kremlin the kremlin needs. Lies in the west. In 2018 frances Yellow Vests Movement took their protests to the streets in the spring the former soldier and mercenary in Eastern Ukraine. Turned up again he was a member of a selfappointed security team. Where the marshals the prefecture asked for when it required every demonstration must have an internal Security Service is the measure also a yellow vest yes of course whats your goal this time is it going well. Youre going to listen as i said were here because the prefecture call for a Security Service when the prevent any and all violence internally. We want to show the french people the Prime Minister and the government to divide in stars and come from us we would usually from a provocation by the police who. You are cannot. French right wing extremist victor lanter transitioned from the war in Eastern Ukraine to the streets of paris. But in both cases as a hatchet man for putins interests. Here. Publicly the russian president cultivate his relations with the heads of europes far right groups like Marine Le Pen of the National Rally. You know most of the stuff i know that you represent quite a fast growing element of european political forces. Its a very profitable contact the pens party has taken out a total of 11000000 euros in loans from banks close to the kremlin as funding for recent president ial election campaigns and she maintains very high level contacts with moscow such as any expert secretary of state for transport he has switched to the National Rally and supports russias annexation of crimea. Issue ive been there more than 10 times so nobody can seriously doubt that the people there would rather live under russian control. Now hes running for the e. U. Parliament and takes a clear stance on russia. Continuing the policy of sanctions punishes europe and our own farmers as much as russia but suicide. Observers say russia seeks to expand its influence in europe by supporting right wing populist leaders as well as their extremist voter base. Is the state the idea is to fan the flames constantly with gasoline and to people who already stirred up against each other well its by remaining propaganda a propaganda aimed at fracturing our society. In france the yellow vests protests against the populists room to maneuver almost every weekend people take to the streets of france to demonstrate. A Court Proceeding in this southern polish city has thrown unexpected light on russias suppose it methods of peddling its influence to europes right wing base the defendant is michelle p a right wing radical on trial for terrorism since early 2019. Hes accused of having organized an arson attack in neighboring ukraine. Specifically in western ukraine home of many ukrainian citizens from the hungary an ethnic minority on the night of february 4th 2018 a surveillance camera recorded 2 men trying to throw molotov cocktails at a building used by a hug area an association. They caused only minor damage. The defense attorney explains his clients motives. Of the controlled operation was planned to inflame ethnic tensions in the western ukraine in province. If you go on you. Talking turkey it was calculated to trigger hostility between the hungary and minority on one side and the ethnic ukrainians in the other part of the region pinch of ago and as a as a couple of quick much of it coincides with moscows long cherished hope that ukraine might be further destabilized by ethnic conflict and its western tip on the border with hungary. Right at the start the trial in krakow took an interesting turn. Implicated a german as having incited him to perpetrate the attack. He has views in common with money theyve taken part in conferences together. But. It was manny well. The right wing journalist who had been supporting the separatists in Eastern Ukraine. Another right wing extremist has been called as a witness in krakow are tossed back here he refused to give our camera team an interview. Becky or might have some Vital Information he knows both the defendant and manny well. Hes known them from the start of hostilities in the ukraine when they spoke out at a conference in support of putin leaving separatists for weeks after the 1st attempted attack and was widowed another took place at the hungary and Cultural Center and it was successful several ukrainians are accused of carrying it out but its unclear who instigated it apparently it wasnt the same people who organized the 1st attempt. There is no one in russia a decision about interference would take place there are people around the kremlin x. Thing to institutions. 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