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Germany: Russia is buying spies as compensation for expelled diplomats

2024-06-18 18:03:13, Kosova & Bota CNA
Germany: Russia is buying spies as compensation for expelled diplomats
The head of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution in Germany, Thomas Haldenwang. Source, Reuters

Russia is blackmailing and negotiating large sums of money to hire Germans to spy for it, following a blow to its intelligence services that resulted in the expulsion of around 600 Russian diplomats in Europe, German services have said. of security.

The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution in Germany has said that Russian intelligence services are spending huge sums of money to recruit agents in Germany, despite attempts by the West to limit their operations after the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. , in February 2022.

"Russia is working hard to compensate for the reduction in the number of Russian agents in Germany," said the head of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, Thomas Haldenwang.

The two German citizens, who were charged last August with high treason after spying for Russia, were each paid about 400,000 euros for their services, Haldenwang said.

"These sums for agents show that the Russian services continue to have extraordinary sources of income through which they fulfill their intelligence objectives," the report said.

According to the authorities, the people most at risk of being targeted by Russian security services were Germans who lived in Russia, or traveled there frequently, including German diplomats, who could be easy prey. for blackmail.

"When there is compromising information about their targets, the services are not shy about using aggressive recruitment techniques," German authorities said.

Earlier this month, NATO reiterated concerns about Russian espionage and called for tougher measures against what it deemed hostile activities, including acts of sabotage and cyber attacks.

Germany is one of the 32 member countries of NATO./ REL





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