Germany s far-right AfD lawmakers visit Moscow
Duma lawmakers welcomed three members of Germany s far-right AfD party in Moscow, with the visitors calling to end the sanctions against Russia.
German AfD s Alice Weidel met Russian politician Michael Schvydkoy
Senior Russian lawmakers and members of the AfD party called to normalize Russian-German relations after a meeting in Moscow on Tuesday, according to Russian parliament s webpage.
Weidel, whose anti-immigrant AfD branch contests next Sunday s regional election in Germany s Baden-Württemberg state, said her party hoped to help deepen and improve German-Russian relations.
AfD s aim was to finally end economic sanctions imposed on Russia, said Weidel, who leads the AfD s parliamentary group in the Bundestag.