Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has expelled Chechen-born member Murad Dadayev, also known as Noah Krieger.
AfD Lower Saxony confirmed the decision to expel Dadayev to the Russian outlet iStories and the German outlet Correctiv, but did not disclose the reasons for it.
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Dadayev previously visited the Chechen parliament and was seen dining with Zamid Chalaev, the commander of a special police regiment named after Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, the outlets said.
The unit has been linked by human rights groups to extrajudicial killings in the Caucasian enclave.
Dadayev has described himself as the “first Chechen in German politics” and has taken a stance against migration. He presented Chechnya’s deputy prime minister with a Luftwaffe dagger bearing a swastika, a symbol banned in Germany except for defined historical or educational purposes.
Dadayev claimed to have obtained German citizenship through naturalization in 2024 and to have changed his surname, which he said belonged to his German wife.
Russian civil registry records show that he is married to a woman from his home village in Chechnya, but has publicly claimed to have multiple wives.
Germany has previously been hit by incidents linked to Chechnya’s internal power struggles, including the high-profile daylight killing in Berlin of a former commander in the Chechen war – widely believed to have been sanctioned by Moscow. The assassin was later released in a Turkey-brokered prisoner swap.
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Dadayev’s case comes amid sustained scrutiny of AfD over its stance on Russia’s war against Ukraine. The party has consistently opposed military aid to Kyiv, voted against arms deliveries, called for lifting sanctions on Moscow, and aligned with Kremlin narratives that frame Russia as a negotiating partner rather than the aggressor.
Other German parties have accused the AfD of harboring Russian “sleeper cells” in the past, accusations rebuffed by the party. The party is also said to have considered ousting Tim Schramm, a 22-year-old AfD member who fought for Ukraine, though it is unclear whether the decision was carried out.
The expulsion of Dadayev adds to broader concerns within Germany about extremist ideology, undeclared foreign ties, and AfD’s positions on Russia and Ukraine as the war continues.