The Ministry of the Interior of the Federal State of Lower Saxony, located in the north of Germany, warns the regional police from private trips to Russia. This was reported by the agency dpa with reference to the press secretary of the Lower Saxony agency.

The Land Ministry has become aware of several cases where German policemen were detained in Russia and subjected to questioning about their official duties.

Earlier, the publication Focus reported that, apparently, a cause for concern was the incident that occurred with three German police in St. Petersburg. Law enforcement officers were on a private trip on a Baltic Sea cruise. When they landed in St. Petersburg, Russian border guards detained them, despite the current visas, and were interested in their activities and internal service processes. As Focus points out, the police were pressured "in connection with suspicions of possible espionage".

According to the publication referring to sources in the Berlin security services, this case was not the only one when German public servants were pressured by Russian border guards.

In this regard, the Ministry of the Interior of Lower Saxony advised the police not to indicate the profession when traveling to Russia. However, the Federal Ministry of the Interior believes that such an approach can only harm: if the activity is found out when checking on the border, in this case, the police can indeed face charges of espionage.