Via John Schindler on Twitter:
Frank Hannig: "From the Stasi to Pegida. As a lawyer with Stasi past helped build Pegida."
He cites a report in German, which is not a language I know and no translation option is offered:https://correctiv.org/blog/2016/04/0...pegida-verein/

I am assuming this ex-Stasi officer may have a Russian affiliation still.