Russia is increasingly turning to blackmail and financial incentives to hire Germans to spy on its behalf after its intelligence services were hit by the expulsion of some 600 Russian diplomats from Europe, Germany’s domestic security agency said. . The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) has announced that Russia’s secret services are spending heavily to recruit agents in Germany, despite Western efforts to curb their operations since Moscow invaded Ukraine. “Russia is working hard to compensate for the reduction in the number of Russian agents in Germany made by the German government,” said BfV head Thomas Haltenwang during a press conference. Two German citizens who were convicted last August of high treason on charges of spying for Russia are estimated to have each been paid 400,000 euros for […]
Source: News Beast
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