British News Agency

Far-right German politician Ringo Mühlmann reportedly showed notable interest in disclosing information that his political rivals say could be of great value to Russian intelligence.

In the eastern German state of Thuringia, where AfD is the strongest party in the regional parliament, Mühlmann repeatedly approached the regional government, using his rights as a lawmaker, to obtain detailed information on local drone defenses and Western weapons shipments to Ukraine.

In a petition he wrote in September, Mühlmann asked: “What information does the state government have about the scope of military transit shipments through Thuringia since 2022 (by year, mode of transport [road, rail], number of transits, and known stops)?”

In June, Mühlmann, denying that he was acting on Russia’s orders, launched eight investigations into the regional police’s capabilities to defend against drones.

Such questions by AfD lawmakers in state and federal parliaments have led German centrists to accuse the far-right party of using their seats to try to reveal sensitive information that Moscow could use in its war against Ukraine and to help conduct its so-called “hybrid war” against Europe.