German intelligence chiefs, Hans-Georg Maaßen and Guido Muller have warned that Russia is trying to destabilise Germany by stoking tensions over migrants through its 'easily influenced' Russian-German population. They suggest there is a particular danger that Moscow would exploit the "high mobilisation potential" of Germany's two-million-strong Russian community. This comes after Kremlin's Janis Sarts said earlier this week that Russia had a track record of funding extremist forces in Europe and warned that Russia is creating a controllable network to undercut Germany's political processes. As we noted last month, the NATO's intervention in an alleged rape case involving a German-Russian girl heightened suspicions that Russia was trying to weaken Chancellor Angela Merkel and destabilise Europe, to create a vacuum where it can project its own power.
German intelligence chiefs, Hans-Georg Maaßen and Guido Muller have warned that Russia is trying to destabilise Germany by stoking tensions over migrants through its 'easily influenced' Russian-German population. They suggest there is a particular danger that Moscow would exploit the "high mobilisation potential" of Germany's two-million-strong Russian community. This comes after NATO's Janis Sarts said earlier this week that Russia had a track record of funding extremist forces in Europe and warned that Russia is creating a controllable network to undercut Germany's political processes. As we noted last month, the Kremlin's intervention in an alleged rape case involving a German-Russian girl heightened suspicions that Russia was trying to weaken Chancellor Angela Merkel and destabilise Europe, to create a vacuum where it can project its own power.