Deputy from the far-right German party “Alternative for Germany” Petr Bistron got into a loud scandal. He probably secretly visited Belarus at the end of 2022.
The MP did not include this information in the trip report. A media source in the Lithuanian border authorities claims that Bistron entered Belarus through the border town of Medininkai on November 16 with the help of land transport and returned on November 19.
At the same time, on the way back, he was allegedly checked by the border guards of Lithuania. They also wrote down the name of the driver who accompanied him. But the border service itself refused to comment on this information.
Why did the German deputy go to Belarus
Journalists note that the purpose of such a visit of the German deputy to the country that supports Russia in its war against Ukraine remains unknown. He himself refuses to comment.
Help.Bistron is a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Bundestag. The head of this committee, Michael Roth, confirmed the far-right politician's trip to Lithuania at the end of 2022, as he went on an overseas trip. no mention of a further trip to Belarus,” he said.
Roth stressed that he wants to raise the issue of Bistron’s possible scandalous trip to Belarus at a committee meeting, since such actions do not benefit “the entire Bundestag”.
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Earlier, the official representative of the German Chancellor, Steffen Gebeshtreit, said that Belarus might also take part in the war against Ukraine on the side of Russia. He made such a statement after the meeting of two dictators Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko in Belarus on December 19.
According to the Belarusian underground, the Russians are trying to gain control over the Belarusian defense industry. Lukashenka is likely to be ready to make concessions on control over the defense industry in order not to send his troops to Ukraine.