Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock sees hybrid warfare behind the Bystron affair. The approach is aimed at hollowing out and undermining democracies in Europe from within, she says.
Fake news and disinformation are intended to divide societies, she adds. The AfD's top candidate in the European elections, Maximilian Krah, told the "Welt" that bystron should not make any election campaign appearances until the allegations in the room have been clarified. The Bundestag member of the AfD is suspected of having received money from Russia.