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 democracy. to finance structures right the doctors who want to stall the pretty good the political elements around this to create and have a major interest in destabilizing europe and i fear that they will succeed should not fear tense opponents patriots with views close to his of course he's defending his country they're also breed. 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 a.f.d. as especially open to russia its lead candidate for the 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 invita 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 now with

planning that we can leave for nato in 5 to 10 years when hostilities commenced in eastern ukraine oxen vita was seen in the company of the separatists leaning toward russian president putin he started him self 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 24th teen and deepened when moscow was found to be arming the separatists in eastern ukraine. this proved to be a geopolitical turning point in the philippines and because of that scene especially the train they mobilized or they made relations between the european far right and moscow more active after the start of the russian. russia over 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 any now and 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 if we join salvini. and others in one big group will have the political clout that a lone warrior doesn't have to form policy the company took 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 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 rights 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 they 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 is that when 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 called for a security service when the prevent any and all violence internally. we want to show the french people the prime minister and the government to divide doesn't come from us we would usually from a provocation by the police who gets more police the world cannot. french right wing extremist they call enter transition 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 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. issue 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 but suicide. observers say russia seeks to expand

its influence in europe by supporting right wing populist leaders as well as their extremist voter base. into the state the idea is to fan the flames constantly with gasoline and desert 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 populace to brim 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 suppose it 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 who's who wrote 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. competition of the controlled operation was planned to inflame ethnic tensions in the western ukraine in province of. vehicles and 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. and the typical. as a couple. 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 the trial in krakow took an interesting turn michel implicated a german as having incited him to perpetrate the attack. on the one he has views in common with manu they've taken part in conferences together. but. it was many 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. back here 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 leaving 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 x. thing to institutions. interest groups but want some reward from the group from an. ember live within view at 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 of right wing extremists. if you ever have to cover up a murder best way is to make an accident. raring to. never read it like this. list. the streets. sometime in the 26th. my great granddaughter.

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