Hastily concocted a provocation: The Russian Ambassador was summoned to the German Foreign Ministry in the espionage case

An employee of the Russian embassy is being expelled from Berlin in a case of espionage. This is reported by Der Spiegel magazine.

"The German government will not tolerate espionage in Germany, especially if it is covered by diplomatic status. Today we summoned the Russian ambassador and informed him about the expulsion of a person engaged in espionage on behalf of Russia," the agency said in a statement on the social network X.

According to Der Spiegel magazine, the German Foreign Ministry told the Russian ambassador that the deputy military attache of the Russian embassy, Andrei M., is suspected of spying in Germany and working for one of the Russian special services and he must leave Germany within 72 hours.

According to the magazine, the employee accredited at the Russian Embassy as a deputy military attache was the curator of Ilona V., detained in Berlin on January 21 on suspicion of espionage.

The Russian Foreign Ministry has categorically rejected the accusations as a provocation.

"They rejected the accusations as a ridiculous, hastily concocted provocation designed to discredit the Russian diplomatic mission in the context of the "espionage" being actively promoted in Germany. They pointed out the absurdity of the claims made to us, since all the information mentioned is of an open nature. They expressed regret that the German side has set a course for further escalation of Russian-German relations, using obviously far-fetched pretexts for this. They made it clear that Berlin's unfriendly actions will not remain unanswered," the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

As EADaily reported, an alleged Russian spy was detained in Berlin, who allegedly supplied Russian intelligence with information related to the Ukrainian conflict. This was reported by Deutsche Welle❶❷.

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❷An organization whose activities are considered undesirable on the territory of the Russian Federation