Germany: 'Russia Today is not a hybrid threat' - Seehofer on election interference risks

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German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said that the Russian broadcaster ‘Russia Today’ was “not a hybrid threat,” at a press conference in Berlin on Wednesday.

Speaking about possible security risks ahead of Germany’s September general election, Seehofer said RT was “a normal television broadcaster that treats us unkindly, but every citizen can deal with it,” adding that the broadcaster was “propaganda, anyone can see through that.”

The minister added that he was “always amazed that the whole interest is focused on any possible influence of Moscow or China or whoever,” saying that while external threats should be taken seriously, he was more worried on ‘a daily basis’ about the situation within Germany.

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SOT, Horst Seehofer, German Interior Minister (German): “Just on security, Russia Today is not a hybrid threat, this is a normal television broadcaster that treats us unkindly, but every citizen can deal with it. Haldenwang means something else. But everything always gets mixed up in the daily briefing. I am not a friend of Russia Today, that you understand correctly. But this is propaganda, anyone can see through that.”

SOT, Horst Seehofer, German Interior Minister (German): “With protection against manipulation I mean the illegitimate exertion of influence, or the attempt to exert illegitimate influence, by actors from home and abroad in the run-up to the election.”

SOT, Horst Seehofer, German Interior Minister (German): “I am always amazed that the whole interest is focused on any possible influence of Moscow or China or whoever. We have to take them seriously, our security authorities have that in mind. They are very well prepared. That is why I said that, from my point of view, the holding of the elections, the free holding of the elections is certain. But what worries me much more on a daily basis is what happens in our country. That’s already enough.”

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