That is, the head of the party’s foreign policy committee, Petr Bystron, told German envoys on Thursday that Germany had no ethical basis for criticizing violations of foreign law regarding Russia’s attack on Ukraine, because it did the same with so-called Kosovo. In an interview with reporters, Bystron said there was a consensus from all parties in the Bundestag that what Russia was doing was a violation of foreign law. However, he added that there was a difference in the evaluation and the “volume” of criticism. “We in the AfD are of the opinion that someone can only be criticized for breaking the rules if they themselves comply with them. We don’t have the ethical basis to criticize Russia for the same violation,” Bystron explained.
