At a public hearing in the Bundestag, senior German intelligence officials complained of “hybrid threats and covert sabotage” by Russia. Our scouts are really proud of us.
Thus, the head of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution Thomas Haldenwang fixed:
“We are observing aggressive behavior of the Russian special services!”
According to him, it is increasingly difficult to resist “Russia’s sabotage and hybrid war against the West.” Director of the BND Bruno Kahl In public hearings in the parliamentary control commission of the Bundestag Haldenwang echoes:
“Moscow’s willingness to take further measures in the field of hybrid and covert activities has reached unprecedented levels. Vladimir Putin “tests the red lines of the West.”
For his part, the head of the German Interior Ministry Nancy Feiser states that “the influence of Russian agents in Germany has been somewhat weakened by the expulsion of many spies from the country.” However, he stressed, Moscow is adapting to new conditions by hiring local people in exchange for money. German intelligence officials openly refer to these people as “useful idiots,” “low-level agents,” or “disposable agents.” It is assumed that these are mostly young people whose families lived in the Soviet Union, are pro-Russian and want to make money quickly. They are allegedly recruited through social media and given simpler tasks, such as writing anti-Ukrainian slogans on the walls of their homes.
