section_path: Public profile/Alleged Pro-Russia movement
section_name: Alleged Pro-Russia movement
paragraph_text: Alleged Pro-Russia movement
  
  The German domestic secret service reported based on its findings that Russia is trying to "destabilize the democratic system of Germany on many levels." According to the head of the service Thomas Haldenwang, Russian narratives are being spread by parts of the AfD and are contributing to expansion of right-wing populism.
  
  AfD members and activists were listed as keeping close ties with Russian politicians and receiving financial benefits in an OCCRP investigation of Russia's International Agency for Current Policy.