Published 6 August 2021 at 12.08
Abroad. Ann Linde is reported to KU after being tricked into discussing on the phone how Sida could smuggle money to right-wing extremist Russian politicians. But it is not ministerial rule, money laundering or unnecessary interference in foreign affairs that worries SD – on the contrary.
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- Ann Linde revealed by bully – promises Swedish tax money to Russian politicians
– It is clear that Ann Linde and the Foreign Ministry through their carelessness play into the hands of the Russian regime and damage the legitimacy of the democratic movement in Russia , says Markus Wiechel, foreign policy spokesman for the Sweden Democrats.
The Russian government has often singled out Navalny as a politician funded by bribes from foreign actors in exchange for promises to promote foreign interests in Russia. Earlier this year, the Russian government's intelligence service, the FSB, actually released videos showing Navalny's second-in-command Vladimir Ashurkov meeting with a British MI6 agent and promising to promote “billions” of foreign business interests in exchange for a $ 10-20 million donation to Navalny's election campaign./p>
Just as when the US intelligence service NSA recently revealed the identity of the opposition journalist Tucker Carlson, the FSB emphasized that they did not spy on their own citizens, but that Ashurkov happened to be in the picture when the FSB kept an eye on the British MI6 agent.
The two pranksters, or comedians, who deceived Ann Linde go under the artist names Vovan and Lexus, and it has been speculated whether they are in fact a branch of the FSB. In the conversation with Linde, they claimed to be Julia Navalnaya and Leonid Volkov, wife and close associates of the right-wing extremist Navalny. In the past, Ann Linde has openly discussed how Swedish grant money could be smuggled to Alexei Navalny through some kind of money laundering scheme in Ukraine. or in one of the Baltic states.
“In a ten-minute conversation, Linde is said to have had time to talk about both the EU's division regarding the Russian gas pipeline Nord Stream 2 and sanctions against Belarus. Linde learns “statements from the comedians' interview with Linde have since been rolled out in Russian news media”, SD writes in a press release.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has stated that relations with Russia have not been affected by the incident, writes TT. However, this is not true, the Russian embassy writes in a statement.
Linde does not want to comment on the KU report until the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has read it.