Germany charges army reserve officer with spying for Russia
Al JazeeraRalph G was allegedly passing information to Russian spy agencies between 2014 and 2020. An officer in the German army reserve has been charged with spying for allegedly passing information to Russian intelligence services between 2014 and 2020, according to federal prosecutors. The man, referred to as Ralph G, is suspected of supplying information on the German military’s reserves, “civil defence”, the effect of sanctions levelled against Moscow in 2014, and the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project between Russia and Germany, the federal prosecutor’s office said in a statement on Friday. The accused had been “in contact with a Russian intelligence service through various people since October 2014 at the latest”, prosecutors said. Until March 2020, the suspect is said to have passed these contacts “documents and information on numerous occasions”, relating both to the army reserve and business.