Elections to the Bundestag, Germany’s federal parliament, took place on September 26, 2021, and not surprisingly, attracted a great deal of attention. Their outcome determined not just the formation of a new ruling coalition of Europe’s largest economy but changed the head of its government. Angela Merkel left the post of federal chancellor, which she had held since 2005; and Olaf Scholz of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) was elected in her place.
This issue of The Kremlin’s Influence Quarterly focuses on the Kremlin malign influence in the areas of European politics and media.
Today, it is hard to say whether the unraveling COVID-19 pandemic provided the reason for the Russian government to dust off their old textbooks, but the spread of the disease beyond China’s borders served as the occasion for the Russian propaganda to open a new “front” in the information war.
This report describes mechanisms and schemes used by Putin’s regime to finance its illegal activities around the world.
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