65-year-old Lieutenant Colonel of the Bundeswehr Reserve Ralf G. since 2014 he has worked for the Russian military intelligence GRU. On Thursday, a trial took place over him in Dusseldorf, Voice of America reports with reference to the German news agency dpa..

It is reported that the defendant worked for an American company and supplied the GRU with information from public and non-public sources, including private contact details of high-ranking German military.

According to the prosecutor, he also provided the GRU with “overviews of the security and defense policy of the United States and its Western allies.”.

Federal prosecutors claim defendant knew he was dealing with Russian intelligence.

To help her - apparently for free - he was motivated by sympathy for Russia.

German military counterintelligence suspected him of espionage in 2018, although his house was searched only two years later..

Dpa, citing a spokesman for the regional court in Dusseldorf, said that the accused partially admitted to the charges against him..

Recently, Germany has identified on its territory several people suspected of working for Russian intelligence..

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