Bystron denies payments from pro-Russian platform. Bystron is running for second place on the AfD list in the European elections on June 9th.

The party leadership refers, among other things, to a report about an audio recording that is supposed to incriminate him. The Czech domestic secret service BIS does not currently plan to make any audio recordings in the case involving the pro-Russian network “Voice of Europe” public. Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock sees the affair surrounding alleged cash payments from Russia to ByStron in connection with Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin's hybrid warfare.