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Senior Investigative Editor @t-online, Berlin / Reporting on Foreign influence operations, National security, Lobbying and Crime (Threema: 4E6EXA2Y)
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Und nein, es ist kein Fake, auch wenn es natürlich KI-generiert ist. Das Video wurde heute auf dem Truth Social Account des US-Präsidenten Donald J. Trump gepostet.
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Heute morgen auf seinem Truth Social veröffentlicht. truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
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Investigations against his AfD party colleague Petr Bystron, who, together with Krah, took Medvedchuk's side, have been suspended until the EU Parliament decides on the lifting of his immunity. The investigations concern corruption and money laundering. He also denies the allegations.
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Krah has vehemently denied any wrongdoing. So far, no investigations are pending against him. The Dresden Public Prosecutor's Office is still investigating whether there could be any initial suspicion against him regarding Russian or Chinese funds.
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Amid all these scandals, Krah continues to maintain contact with Voloshyn. He last met with him and his wife on a secret trip to Russia in November 2024. At the same time, the couple organized a meeting for two other AfD politicians with Dimitri Medvedev, the leader of Putin's ruling party.
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Niedzwiecki worked closely with Medvedchuk's unofficial envoy to the EU, Oleg Voloshyn, on lobbying for Medvedchuk. Krah has had contacts with him for many years and calls him an “old friend”.
Voloshyn has just been indicted in the UK on charges of bribing a British MEP for Russia.
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The oligarch Viktor Medvedchuk is said to have bribed EU politicians via "Voice of Europe". Both the portal and Medvedchuk himself are now subject to EU sanctions.
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According to Krah, it was Pradoura who ensured that a man named Janusz Niedzwiecki was accredited through his office in the EU Parliament. Niedzwiecki has since been charged in Poland with alleged espionage for Russia.
Together they brought the oligarch Medvedchuk to the German Bundestag too.
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His other long-standing parliamentary assistant, Guillaume Pradoura, came to the attention of Belgian investigators in the course of the Russian influence operation “Voice of Europe”. Shortly after one of our reports, they searched his apartment and office.
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Together with his parliamentary assistant Jian Guo, he lobbied for China. Even when t-online proved payments from China to Guo's private environment, contacts to the CCCP and suspicious activities in the exile opposition, he stuck to him.
Guo is now in custody on suspicion of espionage for China.
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Zuletzt reiste Krah "privat" im November 2024 nach Russland, um sich mit Voloshin und dessen Frau in Sotschi zu treffen. Dort hatte das Ehepaar zeitgleich für zwei AfD-Abgeordnete ein Treffen mit Dimitri Medwedew organisiert.
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In Polen ist bereits Janusz Niedzwiecki angeklagt, der mit Voloshin für Medwedtschuk lobbyierte und über Krahs Büro in Brüssel für das EU-Parlament akkreditiert wurde.
Im Zuge der Affäre durchsuchte die belgische Polizei auch Büro und Wohnung von Krahs langjährigem Assistenten Guillaume Pradoura.
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I recently published a piece about the links between the MCC and its Brussels branch and the Russian influence operation Voice of Europe. Perhaps this is of interest to you.