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En volgens The Atlantic Council is het Vlaams Belang zelfs een trojaans paard van het Kremlin.

_{The map describing Kremlin's friendly political movements in the EU}
The Kremlin's Trojan Horses
http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/image...s_web_1116.pdf
http://uatoday.tv/politics/master-of...es-807511.html

CONCLUSIONS
Russian influence in Germany takes place on three
levels using: 1) pro-Kremlin networks, which were
mainly established over the past fifteen years, and
which support a policy of appeasement with regard
to the current Russian regime; 2) parties and populist
movements at the right and left margins of the political
spectrum, but also the mainstream
political parties in the Bundestag;
and 3) Russian foreign media,
which is often linked to these
pro-Russian groups through social
networks. With the Ukraine crisis,
these three elements became
increasingly intertwined and
continue to attempt to penetrate
German society, politics, and the
public discourse.
These attempts to influence
German and EU-policy toward
Russia are countered by the consequent approach of
Chancellor Merkel and other elements of the German
political system, for whom Russian actions in Ukraine
were a reality check. The Kremlin’s goals are to
undermine and question the approach of the current
German leadership on Russia, legitimize its policy
in Ukraine through these networks in the EU, split
European societies and transatlantic unity, while fueling
existing anti-US, anti-EU, and anti-establishment


In the campaign
for the next
federal elections in
Germany, Russia will
play a prominent
role.


...


THE KREMLIN’S TROJAN HORSES
28
ATLANTIC COUNCIL

REINVEST IN EUROPEAN VALUES AND
DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS:
•
The Kremlin’s operations in Europe thrive in the
shadows and at times of discord. By investing in
anti-EU political parties, leaders, and civic groups,
the Russian leadership seeks to turn plurality
of opinion—a virtue of open societies—into a
vulnerability. While the initial response may be
to limit freedom of expression, as some countries
in Central and Eastern Europe have begun to do,
European leaders must not sacrifice Western values
as part of the battle against Russian influence. Nor
should they seek to beat the Kremlin at its own
game. Rather, a Western response to Russian
influence should seek to harness the strengths
of liberal democracies: civil society, independent
media, and increased transparency.
–
The EU and national governments should
encourage and fund investigative civil society
groups and media that will work to shed light
on Russia’s dark networks.
–
EU member states should consider establishing
counter-influence taskforces, whose function
would be to examine any financial and political
links between the Kremlin and domestic
business and political groups.
–
The European Commission should establish
and allocate funds to a new independent
agency, akin to the European Endowment for
Democracy, which would fund watchdog civil
society groups.
•
Non-transparency in Western financial systems
allows the Kremlin elite to store and protect their
embezzled funds in European banks. The funds
are then accessible to these operatives for use
funding political campaigns or NGOs. There should
be far more scrutiny on Western banks that allow
kleptocrats to manipulate European institutions in
order to hide their assets and meddle in European
society.
–
National governments and the EU should
empower their financial regulators to impose
penalties on banks that willingly act as
money launderers. Shining a light on financial
networks will go a long way in disrupting
political alliances between the Kremlin and
Europe’s businesses.
–
Financial operations are global, therefore,
exposing them requires a coordinated
response. Financial intelligence sharing
between the EU and the United States should
be encouraged.
–
Non-governmental organizations with
operations in Western European countries
should be required to publically report their
funding sources; likewise, publically funded
political groups, first and foremost political
parties, should be required to report their
sources of funding for campaigns.