The leadership of Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has asked one of its lawmakers to clarify a report that he received money from a pro-Russian news portal. Petr Bystron, a member of the Bundestag and an AfD candidate in the upcoming European Parliament elections, has strongly denied the report. Der Spiegel and the Czech newspaper Denik N reported that Bystron had received money from the portal Voice of Europe after the Czech government sanctioned its operators and backers due to suspected Russian influence. AfD leaders have given Bystron until April 4 to explain.
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