Sergey N., a 43-year-old Ukrainian bricklayerwould have acted in Germany allegedly as Russia’s foreign military intelligence service. Specifically, the individual is accused of having spied, together with a Romanian citizen named Alla S, on a businessman in the arms sector of the state of Bavaria that supplies drones and military components to the Ukrainian forces.
Both subjects would have recorded on video the businessman’s workplace and address where he was registered. Investigators suspect that the spy operation could have served to prepare an attack on that man’s life.
As reported by the German media , Last December, the German authorities received the first signs about a possible threat against the businessman.
Shortly after, Police officers detained Sergey N. when he was recording the surroundings of the home with his mobile phone in which the member of the German arms industry was registered.
During the arrest, the agents analyzed his mobile phone and found that the Ukrainian bricklayer (who had arrived in Ukraine as a war refugee) was in contact with at least one instructor which, according to the German authorities, would belong to the GRU.
From The mirror They assure that Sergey N. is not a professional spy but rather He was recruited last year through Telegram by Russian organizations. This is an increasingly common technique on the part of Russia, which thus feeds on people in poor economic conditions who agree carry out sabotage or espionage actions in exchange for rewards.
Flight to Spain
After that arrest, Sergey N. fled to Spain. At the end of March, always according to the version of the German media, the Ukrainian he would have been arrested again in Spain.
In these moments, Sergey N. would be on parole in Spain (must appear before the court every 15 days) awaiting a possible extradition process to Germany.
