German Counterintelligence Not Commenting On Detention Of UK Citizen Spying For Russia

German Counterintelligence Not Commenting on Detention of UK Citizen Spying for Russia

The German Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution refused to provide a comment to Sputnik on the detention of a UK citizen suspected of spying for the Russian intelligence, as investigation continues

BERLIN (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 11th August, 2021) The German Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution refused to provide a comment to Sputnik on the detention of a UK citizen suspected of spying for the Russian intelligence, as investigation continues.

Earlier in the day, the German prosecutor's office announced that a UK citizen, who worked at the UK embassy in Berlin, was detained in Potsdam on suspicions of collaborating with a Russian intelligence service.

"As the investigation is ongoing, the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution does not comment on this issue," the office said.