Russia-Germany tensions flare over alleged support for Chechen group
Moscow. Russia summoned Germany's ambassador to Moscow, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, on Monday over allegations that a German lawmaker had supported a Chechen "terrorist organization."
The Russian Foreign Ministry claimed the move was in response to what it described as backing for the group by Roderich Kiesewetter, a foreign policy expert from Germany's Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Berlin dismissed the accusations as "baseless."
Kiesewetter is said to have recently met in Kyiv with the leader of the "Chechen Republic of Ichkeria," a group banned in Russia, and allegedly expressed support for its "anti-Russian activities."
The Russian Foreign Ministry framed the purported meeting as evidence that German authorities intended to interfere in Russia's internal affairs and pose threats to its national security.
This is not the first such incident: In June, Lambsdorff was also summoned by the ministry over claims that Russian journalists were being "persecuted" in Germany. At the time, the German Foreign Office firmly rejected the allegations.
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