Der Spiegel magazine writes that an agent named Sergei K. is involved in the supplies in question. He was tasked with conspiring to provide precision machinery for President Putin’s missile program.
To this end, Sergei K. reportedly established contacts with several German companies and distributors. The company used as a disguise for this is actually apparently a kind of state procurement center for western industrial goods. The person moving the threads behind the scenes is a Russian FSB intelligence officer.
According to Spiegel, a businessman from Leipzig was arrested as part of the investigation this week. According to the information, he is accused of handing over to Russia the machines, which by indirect means have ended up in the armaments industry.
According to the data, since 2014, the sale and export of goods to Russia are said to be banned when they are destined for military purposes. /DW
