German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Thursday described Russian President Vladimir Putin’s praise for the Alternative for Germany (AfD) as “embarrassing” for the far-right party. “It is embarrassing that you have received such praise from the Russian president,” the chancellor said in the Bundestag, Germany’s lower house of parliament, after heckling from members of the AfD. “You have worked hard for it, and citizens will know what to make of it,” he added. Putin on Wednesday said he would “cooperate with all those who want to cooperate with Russia,” including the AfD, which has been hit by a seri…