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German authorities are investigating whether or not their communications were intercepted after a Kremlin propagandist published a supposed chat between military officials.
Counterintelligence agents in Germany have sprung into action after one of Vladimir Putin’s top allies in the press published an audio recording on Friday that she claimed was a conversation between German generals plotting to blow up the Crimean Bridge.
The 38-minute audio clip, first shared by RT editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan, circulated simultaneously in Russia’s state-controlled media and among pro-Kremlin social media channels before prompting furious finger-pointing from Russia’s Foreign Ministry, which said the supposed leak was proof that British and American troops are on the ground in Ukraine.
Maria Zakharova, spokesperson for the Russian Foreign Ministry, publicly demanded an “explanation” from Germany, noting that the lack of one would be seen as an “admission of guilt.”
The authenticity of the recording could not immediately be confirmed. But the Kremlin’s propaganda machine has been known to use audio of supposedly leaked top-secret conversations in the past to further Moscow’s agenda, famously releasing a shoddily produced, obviously scripted recording in 2015 they claimed was proof of the CIA plotting to shoot down flight MH17.
Counterintelligence agents in Germany have sprung into action after one of Vladimir Putin’s top allies in the press published an audio recording on Friday that she claimed was a conversation between German generals plotting to blow up the Crimean Bridge.
The 38-minute audio clip, first shared by RT editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan, circulated simultaneously in Russia’s state-controlled media and among pro-Kremlin social media channels before prompting furious finger-pointing from Russia’s Foreign Ministry, which said the supposed leak was proof that British and American troops are on the ground in Ukraine.
Maria Zakharova, spokesperson for the Russian Foreign Ministry, publicly demanded an “explanation” from Germany, noting that the lack of one would be seen as an “admission of guilt.”
The authenticity of the recording could not immediately be confirmed. But the Kremlin’s propaganda machine has been known to use audio of supposedly leaked top-secret conversations in the past to further Moscow’s agenda, famously releasing a shoddily produced, obviously scripted recording in 2015 they claimed was proof of the CIA plotting to shoot down flight MH17.
German ‘Plot’ to Bomb Crimean Bridge Sparks Moscow Meltdown
German authorities are investigating whether or not their communications were intercepted after a Kremlin propagandist published a supposed chat between military officials.
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