AfD official in Russia presses for Nord Stream restart with Kremlin ties

An AfD foreign policy spokesman, Markus Frohnmaier, met Gazprom chief Alexei Miller and Kirill Dmitriev in St. Petersburg during Putin’s economic forum, in a high‑level encounter between the German far‑right and Kremlin figures. They discussed reopening the Nord Stream pipelines and resuming Russian gas to Germany amid low storage levels and AfD polling gains in eastern Germany. Gazprom said the meeting was initiated by the German side; Frohnmaier stressed German interests and said the trip did not amount to endorsing the war, highlighting ongoing ties and energy‑policy sensitivities in Germany.