Russian prangsters have contacted western politicians and tried to record them saying something compromising or at least stupid in order to air them on the TV.

Russian prangsters have contacted western politicians and tried to record them saying something compromising or at least stupid in order to air them on the TV. It might be something like that or trying to probe those parliaments to get an idea of their positions and likely future steps plus their red lines of support. So, it might've been an intelligence gathering operation.