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- AfD leaders plan to send politicians, including Markus Frohnmaier and Kotré approved by lawmaker Stefan Keuter, to a June St. Petersburg forum despite earlier attempts to curb Russia trips.
- The AfD leads polls in eastern states where East German voters favor closer ties with Russia before September elections.
- AfD officials renewed calls for cheap Russian gas at a St. Petersburg forum avoided by European leaders since Angela Merkel's 2013 visit.
