The employee was related to the propagandists of the Russian Federation: police are searching the European Parliament

The searches took place in Strasbourg and Brussels. The employee is suspected of promoting Russian propaganda. The Federal Prosecutor's Office of Belgium, as well as law enforcement officers of France, stated that they conducted searches at the residence and offices of an employee of the European Parliament. He is suspected of corruption and relations with the Russian Federation. The Guardian writes about it.

The searches are reported "part of the case of intervention, passive corruption and membership in a criminal organization and are related to the signs of Russian intervention. " The prosecutor's office noted that members of the European Parliament were addressed and paid for the promotion of Russian propaganda through the news site "Voice of Europe). The police conducted searches at the residence of the European Parliament employee and in his office in the Brussels Parliament building.

The statement of the prosecutor's office states that in the office of the suspect in Strasbourg, where the headquarters of the EU Parliament is located in France is located, a search was also conducted. Prosecutors stated that, in their opinion, this employee played a "significant role" in promoting narratives of Russia.

The searches were related to the so -called Rashagit case, when the MEPs of the European Parliament appealed and paid for the promotion of Russian propaganda through the Voice of Europe's website. The EU has imposed sanctions on the Voice of Europe after a paid propaganda scandal exploded at the end of March. Belgium took an active role in the investigation of the Rashait case because of the location of the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium Prime Minister Alexander de Kroo said in April.

Where Kroo was one of the first European leaders to talk about surgery when he reported to the Belgian Parliament that Russia had addressed the members of the European Parliament and "paid them". He stated that "the goals of Moscow were clear. " According to where Croo, Russia wants to "help choose more pro -Russian candidates to the European Parliament and strengthen a certain pro -Russian narrative in this institution.