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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Kate Connolly in Berlin

German civil servants investigated over ‘spying for Russia’

Robert Habeck
Germany’s economy minister, Robert Habeck, who opposed the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, which had been set to transport natural gas from Russia to Germany. Photograph: Kay Nietfeld/AP

Germany’s domestic intelligence agency is investigating allegations that two senior civil servants working in the economy ministry could have been spying for Russia, according to a local media report.

Die Zeit, which first revealed the case, said the officials being investigated had close involvement with energy supply issues and held key positions.

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