The EU Wants To Designate The GRU As A Terrorist Organization

Following a series of acts of sabotage in Europe.

The European Union is discussing whether to add the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, known as the GRU, to the list of terrorist organizations. This was reported by the editor of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s European bureau Ricard Jozwiak. He did not provide any details. The initiative arose following a series of hybrid attacks in Europe, which local authorities suspected were carried out by Russian military intelligence. For example, in early September, Germany blamed the Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) for orchestrating a sabotage operation using drones carrying explosives at the Leipzig airport. As part of the investigation, Oleg L. was detained; according to German law enforcement, he is directly linked to the aforementioned agency of the Russian Ministry of Defense.

For her part, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen stated that the attempted sabotage in Leipzig “marks a new level of escalation on European soil” by Russia. She described the incident as part of a series of increasingly dangerous incidents, including airspace violations, airport disruptions caused by drones, and interference with critical infrastructure. In this regard, von der Leyen emphasized that the EU will continue to support Ukraine and intensify sanctions pressure on Russia.

On September 29, Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahna stated that, according to the country’s Internal Security Service, the arson attack at the Milrem Robotics facility in Tallinn was an act of sabotage carried out on behalf of Russian intelligence services. The company manufactures robotic ground systems, including for Ukraine.

Earlier, sources in Western intelligence agencies told The Telegraph that Russia had launched a “wave of attacks” in Europe, designed so that their scale would remain below the threshold at which NATO could invoke Article 5 of its charter on collective defense. Among such acts of sabotage, in addition to the arson at a factory in Estonia, sources cited a fire at a drone factory in the Czech Republic in March, an attempted arson at a factory producing radio-frequency scanners for Ukraine, in Lithuania, and explosions at ammunition factories in Bulgaria and Italy in August.

According to the publication’s sources, Russia recruits members of local gangs for these operations, primarily through messaging apps, and pays them in cryptocurrency for their sabotage.

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