US EditionBerlin Summons Russian Ambassador over Increase in Hybrid Attacks
Germany warned Russia of consequences after attributing a 2024 air-traffic cyberattack and election interference campaign to Russia's GRU military-intelligence agency.
- On Friday, Germany's foreign ministry summoned the Russian ambassador in Berlin amid a massive increase in threatening hybrid activities, ministry spokesman Martin Giese said.
- The campaigns use disinformation, espionage, cyberattacks and attempted sabotage, with officials citing operations like Fancy Bear and Storm 15.
- German officials said they attributed two social-media campaigns to Russia with GRU links by tracking financial transactions, and investigators flagged false claims targeting Annalena Baerbock and Friedrich Merz.
- Together with its European partners, Germany will impose countermeasures to make Russia pay a price for its hybrid actions, including sanctions with travel bans and freezing of assets, Martin Giese said.
- Between July 2024 and July this year, cases investigated included videos about Annalena Baerbock and a cyberattack on Germany's air-traffic control.
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Berlin summons Russian ambassador over increase in hybrid attacks
Germany said Friday it had summoned Moscow’s ambassador after it accused Russian-linked groups of hacking its air traffic control system and attempting to influence the 2024 general election. Dubbing such operations, including drone flights near European airports, as “hybrid attacks”, Berlin says it is planning coordinated countermeasures with EU partners. France24 correspondent Nick Holdsworth tells us the latest.
The Federal Government appoints the Russian ambassador in Berlin (again). The number of ADHD new diagnoses among adults is increasing enormously. And the »Kölner Keller« becomes the »Frankfurter Flur«. That is the situation on Friday evening.
The German Foreign Ministry summoned the Russian ambassador.
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