Amid the wiretapping scandal: Kiesewetter describes Scholz as a “security risk” – and expresses fears. “We have to assume that the Russians have even more material of this kind,” explained the CDU politician.
He sees the choice of time of publication in connection with German reluctance to deliver the Taurus to Ukraine. Russia wants it to appear that Germany is already planning a specific operation, he said. Anything that makes Germany look like an active warring party is likely to deter the Chancellor.