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submitted 7 months ago by rimu@piefed.social to c/world@lemmy.world

A German politician has been filmed taking large sums of cash from a Kremlin-supporting broadcaster, Czech intelligence has claimed.

Petr Bystron, who is standing for Alternative for Germany (AfD) at European parliamentary elections in June, allegedly received €20,000 (£17,000) in cash from the manager of a Russian propaganda network while sitting in a parked car, recordings indicate.

Mr Bystron, who also sits on the Bundestag’s foreign affairs committee, has previously denied allegations of taking Russian money as a “defamation campaign”.

The Security Information Service (BIS), the Czech Republic’s domestic intelligence agency, now says Mr Bystron met with Artem Marchevsky, who allegedly managed a Kremlin-backed propaganda front called Voice of Europe, at least three times in the past six months.

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[-] Goldholz 25 points 7 months ago

The AfD isnt conservative. They are facist to neo nazi.

Bernd Höcke is best friends with nazis and is allowed to be called a facist

[-] monkeyslikebananas2@lemmy.world 17 points 7 months ago
[-] Goldholz 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Oh no no no! There is a huge difference between facism and national socialism!! I am german i know a thing or too! National socialism is based in extermination, facism isnt!

[-] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

National socialism is a misnomer. The Nazis were not socialistic at all, in fact socialists were one of the first groups to be detained and/or executed as political enemies. They were pretty much just fascists with some nationalistic ideas.

[-] Goldholz 3 points 7 months ago

The idiologie is called national socialism because their party was the Nationalsozialistische Arbeiter Partei NSDAP. Nazi is just short for Nationalsozialist (in english national socialist)

Ofc just because their name had socialist in the name doesnt mean they were socialists! Dont try to explain the nazis and what they did to a german.

You on the otherhand, seem to not grasp the difference between, nationalism, facism and national socialism. So here for you the difference: Nationalism: the belief of once nation/culture to be above and better than everyone else

Facism: same as nationalism just way more militaristic and beliefing in "the weak shall make way for the strong for they rule the world"

National socialism: all other cultures and nations should be eradicated. Belief and loyalty is the strong leader and nothing else

Every idiologie can be added with antisemitism anti christianism or any other hatret against religion

[-] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Alter, komm mal von deinem hohen Ross runter. Du bist nicht der einzige Deutsche hier und Deutscher zu sein macht dich nicht zu einer Koryphäe in Sachen politischer Ideologien nur weil du in der Schule eine 1 in Geschichte geschrieben hast. Schau mal lieber die Definitionen von Faschismus und Nationalismus nach bevor du hier deine Mentalgymnastik ablässt, denn das, was du geschrieben hast ist nicht richtig.

Nationalsozialisten waren einfach nur Faschisten mit der Idee von Großdeutschland (einer ultranationalistischen Idee, kongruent mit faschistischer Ideologie). Mit Sozialismus hatte die ganze Sache rein gar nix zu tun und zwar nicht im Geringsten.

[-] monkeyslikebananas2@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

Oh. I suppose my US bias is showing as the conservatives are basically nazis here.

[-] Goldholz 4 points 7 months ago

Your conservatives are faar from being nazis! Facists, yes. But not nazis! Stop crying wolf. There are defenetly nazis out there that need to be stoped!

[-] monkeyslikebananas2@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

Here’s an example of some of the things going on here. Conservatives may not consider themselves nazis. But nazis sure do seem think they have a lot in common with conservatives.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unite_the_Right_rally

[-] Goldholz 1 points 7 months ago

Funny how an american thinks us europeans dont get your news here haha

[-] monkeyslikebananas2@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

I know right, yet you don’t know how bad the conservatives have gotten with their association with nazis…

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