GERMAN FEDERAL PROSECUTORS HAVE formally charged a businesswoman with espionage on behalf of Russian intelligence, claiming she was tasked with gaining access to political and military circles in Germany.
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The indictment of businesswoman Ilona W., accused of working for Russian intelligence by infiltrating political and military circles in Germany, has brought the espionage crisis between Berlin and Moscow back to the forefront. The tension, which has spread to almost every area from diplomacy and consulates to energy trade and sanctions since the Ukraine war, reached a new level with the lowering of the flag at the German Consulate General in St.…