The Washington Post has claimed that Russia is sowing political discord in Germany based on alleged secret Russian documents they obtained. The Kremlin denied the report.
RT:
The Washington Post says it has obtained secret Russian documents detailing a plan to bring anti-establishment political parties together in Germany in an effort to sow discord in the West. The Kremlin has responded that it does not interfere in the domestic affairs of other nations.
The purported Russian documents, largely dated from July to November last year, were obtained by an unidentified European intelligence service, the US news outlet said on Friday. It did not explain how it gained access, but it also interviewed some German politicians for the story.
The article said Moscow’s plan was “part of a hidden front in Russia’s war against Ukraine” and an attempt “to undermine Western unity.” The Soviet Union harnessed anti-war sentiment in the same way, an anonymous German security official told the Post.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called the alleged Russian plan “100% fake.” He told the Post:
I have not seen any evidence that the Russians are engaging in any sort of widespread operation to sow discord or influence the domestic politics of Western countries. They certainly haven’t helped American political dissidents with support. If they were doing this, that information would have surely come out during the Russigate hoax that the Jews pushed against Donald Trump.
While you could debate the pros and cons of Russia doing the very thing they are being falsely accused of, the West is in a state of collapse. They’re probably better off just doing nothing and letting the West collapse into disarray without dumping any resources into those operations. Their energy is better spent dealing with what’s happening in the Ukraine and securing their alliances with non-Western countries.
This appears to just be more fake news from WaPo.
