Overview

• Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, working with journalist Sergej Maier, identified Hamburg AfD lawmaker Robert Risch from an unpixelated photo after other images had obscured his face, with the outlet reporting a face-matching check backed the finding.
• The AfD parliamentary group in Hamburg said the trip was not coordinated with the party or faction and announced an internal investigation with potential consequences.
• The meeting at the Mariinsky Palace drew about 50 delegates from roughly 15 countries to found the International Anti-Globalist League and adopt a manifesto later posted by Belgium’s far-right party Nation.
• Organizing and keynote roles were attributed to oligarch Konstantin Malofeyev and ideologue Alexander Dugin, underscoring Russia’s facilitation of transnational far-right networking.
• Attendees ranged from Les Nationalistes, HVIM and the Bittereinders to Mexico’s UNR and Spain’s Democracia Nacional and Falange Española, and Russian outlets criticized hosting groups tied to Nazi and Franco admiration; former Hamburg AfD member Olga Petersen also took part.