TREE NEWS reports: Kirill Dmitriev, Vladimir Putin’s chief economic envoy and head of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund, and AfD co-leaders Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla are preparing to meet next year to discuss restoring Russian natural gas supplies to Germany, two people familiar said. Talks over a possible March meeting underscore close ties between Moscow and the far-right party, which is blocked from government by rival parties but leads German voter polls.
Putin Envoy, Germany’s AfD Prepare Talks on Resuming Russian Gas Supply
AI take
The significance lies less in any imminent supply deal than in the alignment itself: a Kremlin envoy engaging a party locked out of government but leading the polls signals Moscow is investing in Germany's political fringe rather than its current leadership. That the venue is a party outside any governing coalition limits near-term policy effect, yet it keeps Russian gas as a live campaign issue in Europe's largest economy. Whether the AfD's polling strength converts into any formal channel — or whether Berlin treats the contact as a security matter — is the open question worth watching.
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