The former officer of the Germany army reserve appeared on Thursday, August 11, on charges of espionage in favor of Russia.
Prosecutors said that Ralph G., whose surname cannot be fully disclosed in accordance with Germany’s legislation on confidentiality, provided the Russian special services “Numerous Documents and Information” On the German Army from October 2014 to March 2020, when it was when it was deputy commander of the detachment. He was detained in mid -March this year.
“We believe that the accused was in contact with the Russian intelligence of the GRU through several persons, in particular, through the Russian Embassy in Berlin,” federal prosecutor Gerd Kaiser said on Thursday in the court building.
It is noteworthy that neither Ralph G. nor his lawyer commented on the course of the investigation.
The Federal Prosecutor’s Office of Germany also accused Ralph G. of providing Russian intelligence services about the Northern Stream 2, a pipeline owned by the Gazprom Russian gas giant, which Germany stopped in February after the start of the war in Ukraine.