Germany's far-right AfD plots 2027 Ukraine war summit in UAE without Kyiv

Moscow has already signaled its willingness to participate in the AfD-sponsored initiative through Kirill Dmitriev, a special envoy of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin.

"We will meet with AfD representatives as early as December," Dmitriev stated in Istanbul on Oct. 22, referencing a prospective "forum" slated for "roughly the second quarter [of 2027]," while declining at the time to specify the precise objective or geographic venue.

Frohnmaier disclosed that Dmitriev is directly coordinating summit logistics with the American side. According to the German lawmaker, the planned Abu Dhabi gathering intends to focus on mutual economic and energy cooperation, chief among them reviving the Nord Stream 1 undersea natural gas pipeline, which was disabled by undersea sabotage in the autumn of 2022.

The AfD deputy described restarting the pipeline as a "core objective and the cornerstone of Germany's energy sovereignty." He proposed transferring operational oversight of the pipeline to a joint German-American consortium.

The AfD platform explicitly calls for the immediate normalization of diplomatic relations with Moscow, the abolition of economic sanctions, Russia's reinstatement into the Group of Seven (G7) as proposed by Washington, and readmitting Russian athletes to all international sports competitions. Simultaneously, the party demands a complete cutoff of military and financial aid to Kyiv to force Ukraine into direct capitulation talks and territorial concessions.

"We cannot pour billions upon billions into an alien war we do not comprehend without accounting for it," Frohnmaier declared.

The controversy surrounding the AfD's pro-Kremlin maneuvers deepened after Yuliya Mendel, former press secretary to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy who was recently served a formal notice of suspicion for high treason, addressed an AfD event inside the Bundestag on Nov. 4. Her appearance drew scathing rebuke from Germany's Green Party. "This appearance reveals a tremendous amount regarding the AfD's true political agenda," Green Party parliamentary floor leader Irene Mihalic stated.

The diplomatic push coincides with official diplomacy in the Persian Gulf this week, as Abu Dhabi hosts the first trilateral meeting in the Ukraine–Russia–U.S. format since February. The Kremlin announced that Russian presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky will lead Moscow's negotiating team.

Ukraine's Ministry of Foreign Affairs noted that it views the upcoming trilateral working sessions in Abu Dhabi as potential groundwork for eventual direct talks at the head-of-state level.