AfD leadership supports European candidate Bystron despite serious allegations. The AfD MP is said to have received money from Putin's entourage.

Now the federal executive board of the right-wing party has asked him about it. The mood was “factual,” says ByStron himself, while other participants used the word “neutral’ In the afternoon, theFederal Executive Board wants to make a public statement and send a written statement. In advance of the meeting, some members of the Federal Executive Board discussed what sanction options there might be. But they only came to the conclusion that little could be done.