Germany: ex-staff staff was accused of espionage in favor of Russia

In Berlin, the court recognized the guilty 56-year-old citizen of Germany guilty of espionage in favor of Russia, writes Deutsche Welle. It is reported that in the past he had “close ties” with the Ministry of State Security GDR (Stati).

According to the publication, in 2017, the ex-employee of the Stati got a job as a security company engaged in the inspection of electronic devices in the buildings of the German parliament. The accused had drawings of government buildings, which, as noted, were not classified, but were not intended for the public.

A man sent an employee of the General Directorate of the General Staff of the Military Force CD with the drawings of the Bundestag’s premises, but the parcel seized the country’s federal office to protect the Constitution. He received two years of conditional period, in addition, he was obliged to pay a fine of 15 thousand euros (more than 1.2 million rubles).

previously it became known that the district court of the Bulgarian city of Stara-Zagora left the Russian and two citizens of Lithuania suspected of industrial espionage under arrest. It is reported that we are talking about a scientist-gunsmith with a world name, a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences Sergei Zonenko, as well as his wife Olga and Son Veniamine, who have Lithuanian citizenship. Zononko is in Bulgaria for eight years.

/Media reports.