"soon after the Kremlin gave the order for a union to be forged between [leftist] Wagenknecht and the far right, AfD deputies began speaking in support of her in parliament and party members chanted her name at rallies."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/21/germany-russia-interference-afd-wagenknecht/
@Loukas
I don't really get why Niemeyer gets so much space, an ex-husband "whose house was raided in late March as part of a criminal investigation over his alleged involvement in a plot by the ultra-right Reichsbürger movement to overthrow the German government" does not strike me as the most reliable analyst of German politics...
@Loukas
Well, they don't really put any effort into determining if he really has any contact (like asking to see call history) but mainly
I'm thinking in of this section, where the authors even feel obliged so say it is just wild speculation (but print it anyway): "Niemeyer said that if [Wagenknecht] formed her own party, she could garner about 10 to 20 percent of the national vote, drawing some AfD support. But if she officially forged an alliance with the AfD, Niemeyer asserted, without citing any specific polling, 'she would probably be given a majority.'"
@tobychev i didn't see his role in the piece as an analyst, rather as someone they were questioning because he's a likely link between his ex and the far-right she supposedly doesn't work with.