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International Business Times
International Business Times
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Anne-Laure MONDESERT, Emma CHARLTON

EU Parliament Offices Raided In Russia Meddling Probe

Belgian police stand guard during searches conducted at the European Parliament building as part of a probe into suspected Russian interference (Credit: AFP)

Investigators on Wednesday raided the home and offices of an EU parliamentary staffer as Belgium probes claims that Russia paid far-right lawmakers -- including Germany's embattled Maximilian Krah -- to spread Kremlin propaganda.

The searches in Brussels and in Strasbourg, eastern France, were the latest step in a snowballing set of investigations into the meddling claims, which have sparked jitters ahead of EU-wide elections for the bloc's parliament on June 6-9.

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