Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party claims historic victory in state elections.
RT reported that the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party won more than 33% of the votes in the state election in Thuringia.
The AfD claims victory in its first state election since the far-right party was founded in 2013.
According to official preliminary results, the AfD won 33.5% of the vote in the September 1 legislative election in the eastern German state of Thuringia.
The conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is expected to come in second, with 23.6% of the vote.
The two parties are also neck and neck in the neighbouring state of Saxony, according to exit polls, with the CDU and AfD winning 32% and 31.5% of the vote respectively.
No member of Germany's ruling coalition - Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats (SPD), the Free Democrats (FDP) and the Greens - made it into the top three in either state.
Third place in Thuringia and Saxony went to the newly formed left-wing party Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW). Although on opposite sides of the aisle, BSW and AfD both call for tighter controls on immigration and an end to support for Ukraine amid its conflict with Russia .
"An openly far-right party has become the strongest force in the state parliament for the first time since 1949 and that has many people extremely worried," Green Party co-leader Omid Nouripour stressed.
AfD co-leader Alice Weidel said the party had achieved “historic success” in the elections in Thuringia and Saxony, where around 1.7 and 3.3 million voters were eligible to vote.
In an interview with ARD television, Ms Weidel described the result as a defeat for Chancellor Olaf Scholz 's coalition and called for a general election in Germany.
The far-right party's other co-leader, Tino Chrupalla, said people in both states had made it clear that "political change is needed". The AfD was "ready and willing to negotiate with all parties", Chrupalla stressed.
However, the AfD is unlikely to form a regional government in any state because its political opponents refuse to cooperate.
"Voters in both states know that we will not form a coalition with the AfD and never will," said CDU national secretary Carsten Linnemann.
