Two months before the European elections, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen warned of Russian influence on them. This concerns the local elections in three eastern states of Germany – Saxony, Thuringia, and Brandenburg, according to BR24. She said that alongside Russia’s aggressive war in Ukraine, there is a rise in anti-European activity from pro-Russian supporters of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, such as AfD in Germany. “Let’s not deceive ourselves: Putin’s friends want to destroy the European Union from within, through the process of disintegration,” von der Leyen said. …