Overview
- In the ARD program, AfD foreign policy figure Markus Frohnmaier said Russia poses no danger to Germany and stressed that Germany is not at war with Moscow.
- CDU politician Norbert Röttgen countered that Russia conducts hybrid warfare against Germany and Europe, calling Frohnmaier’s stance the best propaganda for Vladimir Putin.
- Frohnmaier rejected continued weapons deliveries to Ukraine and urged a “serious peace initiative” instead of sustained military and financial support.
- Defending AfD travel to Russia and his post-annexation visits to Crimea as keeping dialogue open, he faced warnings from security circles that upcoming delegations could enable information leaks.
- The broadcast resurfaced allegations that AfD has filed granular questions on critical infrastructure that could aid hostile actors and revisited a 2019 Kremlin-linked memo labeling Frohnmaier as under control, which he denied.