A German politician has been filmed taking large sums of cash from a Kremlin-supporting broadcaster, Czech intelligence has claimed.

Petr Bystron, who is standing for Alternative for Germany (AfD) at European parliamentary elections in June, allegedly received €20,000 (£17,000) in cash from the manager of a Russian propaganda network while sitting in a parked car, recordings indicate.

Mr Bystron, who also sits on the Bundestag’s foreign affairs committee, has previously denied allegations of taking Russian money as a “defamation campaign”.

The Security Information Service (BIS), the Czech Republic’s domestic intelligence agency, now says Mr Bystron met with Artem Marchevsky, who allegedly managed a Kremlin-backed propaganda front called Voice of Europe, at least three times in the past six months.

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      6 months ago

      It’s fine to admit that we simply don’t know until the war is over. Only then can a true count be possible, without terrorists interfering.

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            6 months ago

            And how would they make such a count? Dig all the bodies out of the rubble and find where all the unmarked mass graves are?

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                  6 months ago

                  Think about this for a second. Hamas has an interest in accurate internal head counts for e.g. tax purposes - they were the de-facto government of the strip, after all. Their public statements cannot be trusted.

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                    So they wouldn’t want to know what their head count is now? Or they’re just lying about it now but weren’t lying about it then? You’re not really making much sense.