Contents tagged with Germany
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German media: Russian hackers passed Bundestag documents to WikiLeaks
In early 2015, a cyber attack took place on the database of the German Bundestag's administration and classified documents belonging to the committee responsible for investigating large-scale surveillance by the US National Security Agency (NSA) appeared on WikiLeaks, Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung reported, citing a source in German intelligence. The documents first appeared on WikiLeaks on December 1st and are dated from late 2014 to early 2015. The documents had been stored on the …
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Germany to send military advisers to Ukraine
The German Defense Ministry agreed to send military advisers to Ukraine, as reported by the press service of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry.
The agreement was signed on Thursday in Kyiv by the Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister for European Integration, Ihor Dolhov, and the German Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Defense, Ralf Brauksiepe.
According to the agreement, German advisers will be active at the Petro Sahaydachnyi National Academy of Ground Forces in Lviv. …
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Germany is preparing for possible Russian cyber-attacks during Bundestag elections
The German federal government assumes that the next election campaign for the country's parliament can be influenced by possible Russian cyber attacks as well as media disinformation campaigns, as reported by Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, citing information from the German Ministry of Internal Affairs.
According to Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, the German Ministry of Internal Affairs also fears that hacker attacks could cause the leakage of important information.
"Germany will have to …
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German politicians are demanding that sanctions be imposed against Russia because of its actions in Syria
German politicians from the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party and Alliance '90/The Greens demand that fresh sanctions be imposed against Russia for its actions in Syria. In connection with the raids of the Russian and Syrian aircraft on eastern Aleppo, the West must take immediate action, according to a joint statement of the deputies of the Bundestag. The CDU’s Norbert Röttgen and the Greens party’s Franziska Brantner asserted their respective parties’ united stance, which was published …
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German special service fears that Russia may intervene in election
The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution of Germany is concerned that Russia may interfere in the 2017 Bundestag election campaigns.
“Last year, we saw that Russia influenced the formation of public opinion in Germany. We are concerned that the same might happen next year,” this was said by the president of the agency, Hans-Georg Maaßen, during an interview with Reuters.
As an example of this, Maaßen mentioned the alleged kidnapping of a Russian girl named Lisa in Berlin. At …
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German politicians criticized the expansion plan for Nord Stream 2
A German politician from the Alliance 90/The Greens Party, Reinhard Bütikofer, stated that the Russian Federation funds the export of war through the export of energy resources. According to him, it is unacceptable to express favor to this country and provide support on economic issues at a time when the whole world is outraged by the role of Russia in Aleppo, Frankfurter Allgemeine reported.Frankfurter Allgemeine also quoted the Chairman of Bundestag’s Committee on Foreign Affairs, Norbert Rö …
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German journalist: The crash of Kaczynski's Tu-154 was a terrorist attack
German journalist, Jürgen Roth, believes that the cause of the 2010 plane crash near Smolensk was a terrorist attack committed by Russian security services. The journalist is convinced that it was ordered by a high-ranking Polish politician.
According to Gazeta Polska, Roth's book titled ‘Smolensk 2010: The plot that changed the world’ will be published in November. The author makes reference to secret material of the Federal Intelligence Service of Germany (BND). These documents allegedly …
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Germany to deploy Leopard 2 tanks to Lithuania
German Leopard 2 tanks will be deployed to Lithuania along with German soldiers as part of NATO’s plans to create multi-national battalions in the Baltic States and Poland, TASS reported, citing a representative of the German Defense Ministry, Thomas Frueh.
"Indeed, the decision was made to dispatch tanks, but we cannot say what their numerical strength will be," Freuh said.
He also added that the tanks will participate in military exercises, and that their “main aim is to demonstrate their …
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Steinmeier: Russia wants to participate in world politics on equal terms with the U.S.
Russia’s politics in the world arena can be explained by their desire to compete with the United States and defend its spheres of influence. This was the view expressed by German Minister for Foreign Affairs Frank-Walter Steinmeier in an interview with Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung.
“In Russia’s actions I see a willingness to participate in world politics on equal terms with the United States and an attempt to defend and expand its spheres of influence,” he said. Also according to Steinmeier, “ …
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Klimkin: Elections in the Donbas are a 'distant prospect'
Holding elections in the Donbas is a distanct prospect, as stated by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Pavlo Klimkin, to the Verkhovna Rada during an hour of questions to the government on Friday, October 21.
"As of today, we are very far from being able to move to the question of organizing elections since it is necessary to achieve all the required security needs. And the accomplishment of these conditions will be assessed both by us and the OSCE, in particular, by the Office for …