Germany: Ex-military officer sentenced for Russia spying
The 54-year-old former officer confessed to providing information to Russia A former German military officer was sentenced to over three years in prison for sharing secret military information with Russia. Germany's federal prosecutor's office said, "he passed on information he had obtained in the course of his professional activities for it to be passed on to a Russian intelligence service." The 54-year-old, identified only as Thomas H, admitted at the opening of his trial in April that the accusations against him were "broadly" accurate. "It was wrong. I stand by that," he said. The Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court found him guilty of espionage. What information was offered to Russia Thomas H., who holds the rank of captain, had worked for the Bundeswehr procurement agency. He was arrested in the city of Koblenz in August after he approached the Russian general consulate in Bonn and the Russian embassy in Berlin...