What are the odds this is Germany’s “deep state” aka bureaucratic institutions stitching them up because they’re unable, or unwilling, to democratically stem their rise?
It’s not like Western governments haven’t been doing that to socialist and Communist parties long before the Cold War even started.
Of course, the news that any contemporary far right organization has ties to Russia, including financial, isn’t surprising. Maybe it’s a bit of both, because I have serious doubts that Germany’s other parties could withstand financial audits tying their members to shady dealings with China either.