Germany Summoned The Russian Ambassador "on The Carpet"
- 13.12.2025, 10:13
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Berlin has accused Moscow of election meddling and cyberattacks on airports.
German authorities said Russia has stepped up hybrid attacks on the country's critical infrastructure and will face consequences for doing so, including new sanctions such as an entry ban and asset freeze on Russian citizens, Bloomberg wrote. The German Foreign Ministry on Friday summoned Russian Ambassador Sergey Nechayev in this regard, the ministry said.
"We have recently seen a sharp increase in hybrid activity on the part of Russia, including disinformation and espionage campaigns, cyberattacks and sabotage attempts," ministry spokesman Martin Giese said. He said authorities have irrefutable evidence of the Russian GRU's involvement in two specific incidents involving a hacking attack on Germany's air traffic control (DFS) system in August 2024, as well as interference in parliamentary elections in February 2025.
The FRG authorities believe the GRU-affiliated hacking group Storm-1516 tried to influence the outcome of the vote. To this end, the attackers, the Foreign Ministry specified, distributed fake videos compromising politicians Friedrich Merz and Robert Habeck. Another group, APT 28, known as Fancy Bear, is behind the attack on the air security service, the agency believes.
Sam Nechayev, according to a statement from the Russian embassy in Germany, rejected accusations that the Russian state was linked to the cyberattacks on the DFS and interference in the Bundestag elections. Berlin's claims are unsubstantiated, unsubstantiated and ridiculous, the Russian diplomatic mission quoted Nechayev as saying.
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