Politicians from Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in the eastern state of Thuringia have been accused of filing parliamentary questions on sensitive issues as a way of spying for Russia. The accusations come as a planned visit to Moscow by the AfD's deputy federal parliamentary party leader, Markus Frohnmaier, has raised eyebrows among members of other parties in the federal parliament, the Bundestag. AfD shows 'particular interest' in sensitive data — interior minister Over the past 12 months, AFD parliamentarians in the eastern state of Thuringia had filed 47 questions on topics like critical infrastructure, state Interior Minister Georg Maier told the Handelsblatt newspaper. "The impression is almost unavoidable that the AfD is working through a Kremlin order list with its inquiries," Maier said, adding that the questions had demanded "increasing intensity and depth of detail." The politicians had asked for information on transport, water supply and digital and energy infrastructure, according to Maier, a member of the Social Democrats (SPD), the junior partner in Chancellor Friedrich Merz's government. "The AfD shows a particular interest in police IT and capabilities, such as in the field of drone detection and defense," Maier told the paper. Maier said AfD lawmakers had also filed similar inquiries elsewhere in Germany. Ringo Mühlmann, an AfD politician in Thuringia's parliament, dismissed Maier's allegations as "bizarre conspiracy theories" and accused him of trying to "criminalize political opponents," adding that such inquiries were "a cornerstone of democratic oversight." The AfD in Thuringia has been classified as "confirmed right-wing extremist" by Germany's domestic intelligence agency.