Germany, two German-Russian citizens arrested: “They are spies for Moscow, they planned sabotage operations”

Two German-Russian citizens were arrested on Wednesday morning in Bayreuth, Bavaria, by special police forces. According to federal prosecutor general Jens Rommel, who ordered the arrests, they are two Russian spies who were planning sabotage operations in Germany on behalf of Moscow’s secret services. The main accused is the […]

Two citizens German–Russians were arrested on Wednesday morning in Bayreuthin Bavaria, by special police forces. According to Federal Attorney General Jens Rommel, who ordered the arrests, it is two Russian spies that they were planning sabotage operations in Germany on behalf of the Moscow secret services. The main accused is the 39 years old German-Russian Dieter S., originally from Bavaria. The federal prosecutor accuses him, among other things, of being a secret service agent for the purpose of sabotage and of “representing” military structures in a way that endangers security.

As reported Der SpiegelGerman investigators are convinced that Dieter S. exchanged ideas with Russian intelligence contacts about sabotage operations in Germany fromOctober 2023. He is said to have agreed to carry out arson attacks and explosives against military infrastructureweapons factories and sites industrial. Attention was focused, among other things, on the roads used for transport of military material. The purpose of the planned attacks was ultimately to undermine German support forUkraine.

According to the investigation, Dieter S. also explored and photographed military structures Americans in Germany. He sent relevant images to his clients Russians. The 39-year-old was allegedly helped in the espionage by the 37-year-old German-Russian Alexander J., who the federal prosecutor now also accuses of being a secret service agent. Among the military structures spied on, there are American ones Grafenwöhr in Bavaria (in the featured photo), having to exist, among other things, an important area of military training where the US Army trains i soldiers Ukrainiansfor example on tanks Abrams

Dieter S. is no stranger to the German security authorities: between 2014 and 2016 the German-Russian was apparently part of a militia of Russian separatists of the self-proclaimed ‘Donetsk People’s Republic‘. According to information from Der Spiegelthe unit is now classified by the German judiciary as organization terroristwhich is why Dieter S. is also accused of belonging to a terrorist organization abroad. Since apparently she had too a firearmthe Federal Prosecutor’s Office has opened an investigation against him also because he is suspected of having prepared a act of violence which would endanger the state. Dieter S. and his alleged aide Alexander J. were taken to on Wednesday Karlsruhe and brought before the investigating judges of the Federal Court of Justice. Both defendants were then placed in custody custody precautionary.