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Germany accuses Russian secret services of drone attack on Leipzig Airport
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Germany accuses Russian secret services of drone attack on Leipzig Airport

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  • Germany accuses Russian secret services of being responsible for a failed drone attack at Leipzig Airport.
  • Russia is also suspected to be behind other attacks and disinformation campaigns.
  • A conversation with the writer Dmitry Glukhovsky, who was convicted in Russia for war-related statements, sheds light on the strategy behind these attacks.

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Germany blames Russian secret services for a failed drone attack on Leipzig Airport. Russia is also suspected of being behind other attacks and disinformation campaigns.

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Germany accuses Russian secret services of being responsible for the failed drone attack at Leipzig Airport. Russia is also suspected to be behind other, some attempted, attacks and disinformation campaigns. A conversation with Russian writer and journalist Dmitry Glukhovsky about the strategy behind these attacks. In Russia he was sentenced in absentia to eight years in a prison camp for his statements about the war in Ukraine.

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  • Germany will initiate further investigations against Russian secret services.

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  • What concrete evidence does Germany have for the allegations against the Russian secret services?
  • What other attacks and disinformation campaigns are attributed to Russia?
  • How does Russia react to Germany's accusations?

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This article was originally published by Süddeutsche Zeitung.

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