A German reserve soldier has been convicted of spying for Russian intelligence businesses for a number of years.
The 65-year-old Bundeswehr reserve officer was discovered responsible of passing paperwork and data to Moscow between 2014 and 2020.
Prosecutors say he was involved with Russia's GRU navy intelligence and embassy personnel.
The reservist allegedly handed on details about Germany's financial system, together with the controversial Nord Stream 2 gasoline pipeline and the affect of sanctions on Russia after it annexed Crimea in 2014.
"He additionally offered publications on the safety and protection coverage of the USA and its Western allies," the Düsseldorf courtroom mentioned.
"The contacts occurred partly in individual or by phone, however primarily by e-mail," it added.
"[In exchange] he acquired invites to occasions organised by the Russian embassy in Berlin and to the annual safety convention in Moscow."
Prosecutors say the reserve officer held pro-Russian attitudes and needed to current himself as a "safety knowledgeable" to senior Russian navy officers.
The 65-year-old -- who was arrested in 2020 -- pleaded responsible to the fees. He was handed a suspended jail sentence of 1 yr and 9 months.
Relations between Berlin and Moscow have soured lately after a sequence of espionage allegations.
In April, a Russian researcher based mostly in Augsburg was given a suspended sentence for spying on the European Ariane house programme.
In October 2021, a German courtroom additionally convicted a former IT employee for passing knowledge on the German parliament to Russia.
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