The threat of espionage and cyberattacks has taken on a different dimension due to the Ukraine conflict. This was expressed in an interview with the Funke media group regarding the detention of a German citizen on suspicion of spying for Russia, by German Interior Minister Nancy Feser. TASS.
The threat of espionage, disinformation campaigns and cyber attacks have gained a different dimension… We have joined forces against existing threats and increased security measures.”
Feser also noted that the country’s security agencies monitor Russian espionage in Germany and take consistent measures against it.
The previous day, the German Attorney General’s Office declared that a German citizen working for the Bundeswehr organization, detained On suspicion of spying for Russia. It was announced that the detention took place in the city of Koblenz in the Rhineland-Palatinate state in the west of the country. According to the German department, the man repeatedly approached the Russian diplomatic mission with an offer of cooperation, and once provided the data that he received during his professional activities.
4 August Polish Interior Minister Mariusz Kaminsky declaration About the arrest of another suspected member of the Russian spy gang. According to him, the internal security service detained the sixteenth person, a citizen of Belarus. According to investigators, he participated in the reconnaissance of military installations and ports.
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