it's. teaching the next generation. to shut. up. people. and more determined to build something here for the next generation. sfi environment series of global 3000. the european union will soon elect a new parliament overshadowed by concerns about growing right wing populism and fears that russia is infiltrating the very heart of european democracies. different lengths searchers right just. walking stories pretty good political

elements around this to create and have a major interest in destabilizing europe and i fear that they will succeed should not feel tense opponents patriots with views close to his of course he's defending his country also be. we set out on a tour of several european cities together daughter bella and its french partner station france $24.00 investigated russian influence on europe's far right. the russian embassy in berlin which dominated the then socialist east germany more than 30 years ago. and how much influence does the kremlin try to wield behind the scenes today germany's bundestag regards the right wing populist party alternative

for germany the f.t. as especially open to russia its lead candidate for the upcoming european elections is york more attend. this i would always say good neighborly relations with russia and with the united states we want to thoroughly pragmatic approach i don't represent russian interests or american interests i'm a german politician representing german interests and it's in our german and european interests to maintain good and open relations with russia and with other nations to want to satisfy our. n.p.r. one particular a.f.d. representative has been cultivating more than good relations with russia marcos phone maya. and he's been reaping scorn from other parliamentarians. marco's phone my eye has long presented himself as

a friend of moscow whenever possible with his close confidant manuel ox and ita many photos of the 2 friends can be found on the internet box and vita is known as a right wing populist who aggressively seeks closer relations with moscow even more so now since the ukraine conflict he often gives interviews to russian nationalist media we need to plan for the future and i hope that we start with planning that we can leave nato in 5 to 10 years when hostilities commenced in eastern ukraine oxon vitae was seen in the company of the separatists leaning toward russian president putin he start himself an election observer posing for photos with other foreigners such as a group of french fighters. the conflict in ukraine caused a rift between moscow and the european union it began with russia's annexation of

crimea in march 2014 and deepened when moscow was found to be arming the separatists in eastern ukraine. this proved to be a geopolitical turning point in the developments in 2003 in a specially trained they mobilized or they made relations between the european far right and moscow more active after the start of the russian and. russia will sanction and as a response to those same as russia would try to interfere in the elections. even at that time putin was establishing contact with the head of italy's far right leg a north party my tale sound the me now in a high position in the italian government. 5 years later with the european election approaching salvini is promoting closer cooperation between the right wing populist parties including germany's a.f.d. . and remember if we join salvini structure le pen and others in one big group will

have the political clout that alone warrior doesn't have to form policy for company talk the f.t. decided to take a pro russian stance falling in line with all other european right wing populist they rejected western sanctions against russia over its interference in the conflict in eastern ukraine and after 5 years of building alliances with europe's right wing extremists moscow scored a victory among the key operators were various shadowy figures such as manual oxen . in november 2014 he was photographed in eastern ukraine together with a frenchman victoria lanta an expert soldier posing with sympathizers from france. they all share right wing views and hatred for liberal democratic values far right organizations and passes. some of the few.

political forces in europe that are still ready to cooperate with the kremlin the kremlin needs. in the west. in 2018 france's yellow vests movement took their protests to the streets in the spring the former soldier and mercenary in eastern ukraine. turned up again he was a member of a self-appointed security team. where the marshals the prefecture asked for when it required every demonstration must have an internal security service the minister and you're also a yellow vest yes of course what's your goal this time is it going well. you're going to listen as i said we're here because the prefecture call for a security service one that prevents any and all violence internally. we want to

show the french people the prime minister and the government the divine and doesn't come from us we would usually from a provocation by the police who. if they were cannot. french right wing extremist they call enter transitioned from the war in eastern ukraine to the streets of paris. but in both cases as a hatchet man for putin's interests. here. publicly the russian president cultivate his relations with the heads of europe's far right groups like marine le pen of the national rally. you know most of them so i know that you represent quite a fast growing element of european political forces. it's a very profitable contact the pen's party has taken out a total of 11000000 euros in loans from banks close to the kremlin has funding for recent presidential election campaigns and she maintains very high level contacts

with moscow such as any expert secretary of state for transport he has switched to the national rally and supports russia's annexation of crimea. be sure i've been there more than 10 times so nobody can seriously doubt that the people there would rather live under russian control. now he's running for the e.u. parliament and takes a clear stance on russia. continuing the policy of sanctions punishes europe and our own farmers as much as russia that suicide. observers say russia seeks to expand its influence in europe by supporting right wing populist leaders as well as their extremist voter base. is sort of the idea is to fan the flames constantly with gasoline and to people who already stirred up against each other well it's by remaining propaganda

a propaganda aimed at fracturing our society. in france the yellow vests protests against the populists room to maneuver almost every weekend people take to the streets of france to demonstrate. a court proceeding in this southern polish city has thrown unexpected light on russia's suppose that methods of peddling its influence to europe's right wing base the defendant is michelle p. a right wing radical on trial for terrorism since early 2019. he's accused of having organized an arson attack in neighboring ukraine. specifically in western ukraine home of many ukrainian citizens from the hungary an ethnic minority on the night of february 4th 2018 a surveillance camera recorded 2 men trying to throw molotov cocktails at

a building used by a hug area an association. they caused only minor damage. the defense attorney explains his client's motives. on top of the controlled operation was planned to inflame ethnic tensions in the western ukraine in province . you can think of when you're. talking turkey it was calculated to trigger hostility between the hungary and minority on one side and the ethnic ukrainians in the other part of the region pincher. and that's a plausible. it coincides with moscow's long cherished hope that ukraine might be further destabilized by an ethnic conflict and its western tip on the border with hungary. right at the start of the trial in krakow took an interesting turn. implicated a german as having incited him to perpetrate the attack. there was another one and

he has views in common with money they've taken part in conferences together. and so it was manny well. the right wing journalist who had been supporting the separatists in eastern ukraine. another right wing extremist has been called as a witness in krakow are tossed back here he refused to give our camera team an interview. becky might have some vital information. he knows both the defendant and manual. he's known them from the start of hostilities in the ukraine when they spoke out at a conference in support of putin leaning separatists for weeks after the 1st attempted attack in old another took place at the hungary and cultural center and it was successful several ukrainians are accused of carrying it out but it's unclear who instigated it apparently it wasn't the same people who organized the

1st attempt. there is no one in russia a decision about interference would place the right people around the kremlin. think institutions. interest groups but want some reward from the crew. member lim within view of the brandenburg gate the soviet war memorial commemorates the red army troops who fell in the battles against nazi germany. in the aftermath of that war germany and europe were divided until the berlin wall came down. but the hopes for a peaceful coexistence in a united europe have yet to be realized. nearly 30 years later russia seems bent on dividing europe again but this time with the help. up right wing

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