Basically, BSW (Wagenknecht's party) did serve as what amounted to the pro-Russia party, though it's officially economically leftist.
That helped Die Linke, as it shed some of the stigma of being the East Germany nostalgist party and gained some more mainstream support from leftists disappointed with the Social Dems/Greens.
Yeah, didn't the pro-Russian outcasts form their own party (which narrowly fell short of the threshold)?
Basically, BSW (Wagenknecht's party) did serve as what amounted to the pro-Russia party, though it's officially economically leftist.
That helped Die Linke, as it shed some of the stigma of being the East Germany nostalgist party and gained some more mainstream support from leftists disappointed with the Social Dems/Greens.