Germany indicts a former officer in its reserve for providing Russian agents with ‘numerous documents and information’ about the German army from October 2014 until March 2020
Germany has indicted a former officer in its reserve force on charges of spying for Russia, the Federal Public Prosecutor said on Friday, in a case that may worsen relations strained by tensions over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Strains between Russia and the NATO military alliance have risen to levels unseen since the Cold War after the West imposed unprecedented sanctions against Russia over the war in Ukraine.The prosecutor did not say if or how the suspect had pleaded. Nor did the prosecutor provide information about his lawyers or trial, saying only that the indictment was filed on March 16 at the Higher Regional Court in the western city of Duesseldorf.
He also provided information about Nord Stream 2, the pipeline owned by Russian gas giant Gazprom and which Germany halted in February after Russia formally recognized two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine shortly before it invaded its neighbour, the prosecutor said. Several European Union countries including Belgium, the Netherlands and Ireland this week expelled dozens of Russian diplomats, some for alleged spying. Russia vowed to retaliate.
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