Borussia Dortmund’s sponsorship deal with an arms maker profiting from wars in Ukraine and elsewhere looks set to be a major topic for discussion at the club’s AGM on Sunday. The Schwatzgelb Dortmund fanzine has published a motion from fan Wilfried Harthan on behalf of the Heinrich Czerkus supporters’ group calling on the club to terminate the deal with Rheinmetall …
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The US government was able to foil a Russian assassination plot against the chief executive of a German weapons manufacturer that has been arming Ukraine. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, a close ally of current President Vladimir Putin, had previously said Russia would hit any facility Rheinmetall set up in Ukraine. The plot to kill Rheinmetall CEO Armin Papperger was one …
BERLIN — The leaders of Germany and Denmark joined in a ground-breaking ceremony for a new ammunition factory on Monday, underlining Europe’s efforts to ramp up its weapons production as Russia’s war in Ukraine grinds on. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who attended the ceremony with his defense minister and Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, said Rheinmetall was “laying the foundation …
