There is some amount of Russian money all over the political spectrum, but it's only really characteristic of the Right (think Orban, Le Pen) and the Center (es

There is some amount of Russian money all over the political spectrum, but it's only really characteristic of the Right (think Orban, Le Pen) and the Center (especially in Germany, with examples like Gerhard Schroder becoming a VP of Gazprom almost immediately after his last stint as chancellor). The extreme left is the least likely to be significantly corrupted by Russian interests, since the goals of far left parties in Europe typically align very badly with Russia's goals. The only exception is that far left parties are typically anti-war, so they view support of Ukraine's military quite suspiciously. But on all other fronts, a modern far-left Europe would be a disaster for Russia. The single most important Russian interest in the region is to sell its fossil fuels, which the far left is very skeptical of.