The Greens could move into the Chancellery for the first time in autumn.
Vladimir Putin's Russia should do everything now to avert this scenario.
Munich - The Kremlin's influence extends far beyond the borders of Russia - and possibly even into the German Chancellery.
If Putin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky is to be believed, the influence of the Russian prime minister has long since penetrated the “inner circle” of Chancellor Angela Merkel.
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But Russia's concern is to be different before the federal election in autumn: A green government around Annalena Baerbock!
Therefore, Russia is said to have launched a campaign against the party and the candidate for chancellor.
There are good reasons for this: The new generation of the eco party is clearly on a course of confrontation with Russia.
Accordingly, the Kremlin is acting hostile.
"What the Kremlin is doing towards Europe amounts to a new phase of the Cold War," said Khodorkovsky on Monday (May 17) at a hearing of the Committee on Foreign Interference in the EU's Democratic Processes.
Özdemir on Baerbock: "She doesn't cuddle with dictators"
Khodorkovsky continues: "Germany is the main target of the Russian attacks." He referred to a new documentation that lists every attack by Russian agents, hackers or secret service agents on European soil.
For Green politician Cem Özdemir, Russia's attitude towards his party is no surprise: "We are clearly on the side of the opposition politician Alexej Navalny and are clearly against Nord Stream 2. Putin doesn't like that," Özdemir told the
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Özdemir continues about Baerbock: “She doesn't cuddle with dictators”.
According to Özdemir, Putin fears “an international lawyer in the Chancellery who confidently defends our liberal democracy and our allies”.
Özdemir fears that Russia will go to extremes: “In order to prevent the Greens in the government, the Kremlin can be trusted with any means.
I can only advise all democrats not to participate in Putin's dirty campaign.
The German Bundestag will be elected in Germany, so please do the election campaign here and not in Moscow, Ankara or Beijing. "
Nord Stream 2: Baerbock opposes the Russian plans
At the center of the Russian fear of change is the mega-project Nord Stream 2 - Baerbock is a staunch opponent.
The anti-Baerbock campaign is said to have gained significant momentum in the last few days, according to the
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This can be seen in a regular smear campaign from conspiracy and AfD circles, which do not shy away from hate postings and fake nude photos.
"The point is to disavow the German Greens' candidate for chancellor," says an analysis by European security authorities.
Putin's promise not to interfere in the election must be regarded as irrelevant.
Instead, Russia is doing everything possible to prevent the first ever Green German Chancellor from happening.