""The impression is almost unavoidable that the AfD is working through a Kremlin order list with its inquiries," Maier said, adding that the questions had demanded "increasing intensity and depth of detail.""
""The AfD shows a particular interest in police IT and capabilities, such as in the field of drone detection and defense," Maier told the paper."
"Ringo Muhlmann, an AfD politician in Thuringia's parliament, dismissed Maier's allegations as "bizarre conspiracy theories" and accused him of trying to "criminalize political opponents," adding that such inquiries were "a cornerstone of democratic oversight.""
"The AfD in Thuringia has been classified as "confirmed right-wing extremist" by Germany's domestic intelligence agency."
AfD parliamentarians in Thuringia filed 47 parliamentary questions over the past 12 months on topics including transport, water supply, digital and energy infrastructure and police IT. Interior Minister Georg Maier said the inquiries showed increasing intensity and depth and suggested they resembled a Kremlin order list. Maier highlighted particular interest in drone detection and defense. AfD representative Ringo Muhlmann called the allegations bizarre conspiracy theories, accused critics of trying to criminalize political opponents, and defended such inquiries as democratic oversight. Thuringia's AfD is classified as confirmed right-wing extremist and a planned Moscow visit by Markus Frohnmaier raised further concern.
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