Russia threatens our democracy, everything, the Dutch Prime Minister responded to the revelations of the Czech newsmen

The Security Information Service reported on Wednesday that it had uncovered a network of persons in the Czech Republic financed by Russia, which wanted to influence political events in European countries. Prime Minister Petr Fiala then informed that the politician and businessman Viktor Volodymyrovič Medvedčuk, the politician Artťom Pavlovič Marčevskyj and the company Voice of Europe, which operates the Internet portal of the same name, had been added to the national sanctions list. He is registered as a Polish citizen in the Czech Republic.

Nevertheless, the portal was supposed to be controlled from Russia and its task was to destabilize Europe, weaken aid to Ukraine and influence the upcoming June elections to the European Parliament. The money was supposed to go to politicians in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France, Hungary and Poland in exchange for spreading Russian propaganda.

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“It’s good that this information has been made public,” Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte told nltimes.nl of the revelations, saying it showed a high risk of foreign influence. He described the Czech information as “very disturbing” and “a threat to democracy, free elections and freedom of speech.” Rutte did not say whether he had the news before, saying it was a matter for the Dutch intelligence services.

Geert Wilders, the winner of the last parliamentary elections, who has not yet formed a government, also responded. He wants to know the names of politicians who accepted Russian money. Dutch Interior Minister Hugo de Jonge and Defense Minister Kajsa Ollongren said they would not release the names because the matter was under investigation by intelligence services. The case is already being investigated by the Polish counterintelligence, the Belgian intelligence services and the European Parliament.