Are GRU & SVR running illegal operations in Germany?
In the run up to the summit between President Putin and Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, various media sources in Germany ran stories about Russian intelligence activities in Germany. Their sources apparently were high-level contacts in the German Counter-Intelligence Services. (WHAT THE PAPERS SAY, 9 Oct 03 via ISI Emerging Markets Database) Apparently, the BundesKriminallAmt (BKA) Germany s equivalent to the FBI is not so much concerned with covert SVR or GRU officers, as with the large number of incoming immigrants. Since the end of the Cold War, large numbers of individuals have made use of Germany s citizenship laws, which allow anyone with German ancestry to claim residence and a passport. It is from within this group, that Russian intelligence services are alleged to have recruited a large number of agents. (WHAT THE PAPERS SAY, 9 Oct 03 via ISI Emerging Markets Database) This is a growing concern for the German government, since many of the immigrants are skilled workers finding e
