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The officer, with ties to the far-right AfD party, said he provided information to a Russian intelligence service out of fear of a nuclear escalation in Moscow's war in Ukraine.

A member of Germany's Bundeswehr went on trial in the western city of Düsseldorf on Monday, charged with espionage activities on behalf of Russia and leaking state secrets. 

At the start of the trial, the defendant admitted that he had spied for Russia. He said his actions were driven by a fear of a nuclear escalation amid Russia's war in Ukraine.

The officer was arrested on August 9 last year and the charges against him were made public on March 19.

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[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 105 points 4 months ago

Of course they have ties to the AfD.

[-] psvrh@lemmy.ca 71 points 4 months ago

Every right wing party, in every western democracy, is either benefitting from Russian agitprop, if not taking Russian money directly.

Every. Single. One.

[-] SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 38 points 4 months ago

With a side hustle of Chinese spying

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 51 points 4 months ago

From what I can tell from the outside, it looks like Russia has thoroughly infiltrated AfD from top to bottom.

[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 37 points 4 months ago

Just like the Republicans here in the states. A curious correlation.

Now if only our domestic counter-intelligence services would actually do something about that

[-] Zacryon@lemmy.wtf 5 points 4 months ago

That would be great. Wouldn't it? It's nice to dream. I also had dreams when I was young.

[-] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

Turns out entire party are spies, without realising, and spying on each other

[-] ABCDE@lemmy.world 25 points 4 months ago

Die Alternative ist Russland.

[-] DaBPunkt@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

AfD=Außer für Deutschland

[-] Valmond@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

Like French LePen and their facho party.

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