Group fail to secure majority in Saxony-Anhalt state parliament leaving uncertainty over next steps
Far-right AfD wins key German state election but falls just short of majority
Russian presidential envoy Kirill Dmitriev took a screen grab of US president Donald Trump’s post on Saxony-Anhalt and praised a “historic win for the pragmatic AfD”.
AfD is pro-Kremlin, urging a stop to support for Ukraine and pushing for Ukrainians to no longer receive refugee status.
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