Germany faces what is described as a fate.
Right nationalist AfD has sailed in opinion polls as a strong second, and behind the scenes the party receives the help. Two examples of people who support the AFD are X-owner Elon Musk and the Proreist influencer Alina Lipp.
“I have not supported any political party and have no idea what the AFD is,”, tweeted Elon Musk October 1, 2023.
Then Musk seems to have formed a clearer idea of the right -wing nationalist German party.
SVT has been downloaded all Elon Musk’s tweets since he bought X in October 2022. In total, there are 45,166 posts.
In December 2024, German AfD and its leaders Alice Weidel began more often.
February 19, 2025, Elon Musk’s tweets and citattweets had been seen a total of 851 215 608 times.
Saman Nazari, Information Power Expert at the non -profit organization Alliance4europe, believes that Elon Musk’s support provides some legitimacy internationally to the AVD.
– There is a lot of talk about how Musk amplifies the AfD, but it is good to keep in mind that Twitter is a very small platform in Germany. However, his message can be widely circulated by the media picking up what he writes, says Saman Nazari.
Russia and Avd
AfD is the party that wants good relations with Russia, which in turn supported AfD through various impact campaigns, which was revealed by, among other things German Corlectiv. It is about impact operations from Storm1516, Doppelganger and Matrjoshka.
But Russia has more tools available, such as German influencers.
SVT has reviewed one of them.
“Part of their toolbox”
Alina Lipp was born and raised in Germany with a German mother and Russian father. On social media, she claims that Russia saves the Ukrainian people and that the West is decaying.
– We have seen that Alina Lipp has links to Russian players. She is part of their toolbox, says Saman Nazari.
Now she is also trying to convince the Germans to cast their vote on the AfD.
– People who read her posts and follow her are already quite radical. She is part of a larger ecosystem that tries to influence Germany and has a certain influence.
In the video above you can see examples of what Alina Lipp posts in social media.
SVT has searched Alina Lipp.