A Russian citizen, Ilnur N., an employee of a faculty of natural sciences of a German university, was arrested in Germany on suspicion of having operated as a Russian spy at least starting from 2020. The same public prosecutor said this. , who issued the arrest warrant, in a statement.
According to investigators, between 2020 and 2021 the man would have met at least three times with a Russian secret service agent and would have received money in exchange for information on at least two occasions.