Playing to the crowd
The Failed "Sabotage" in Leipzig: What is Berlin Trying to Achieve with Accusations Against Russia?
Playing to the Public
The Press Bureau of the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation reports that, according to information received by the SVR, many in the West are only pretending to believe the German leadership, which has without proof blamed Russia for the recent "drone incident" at the airport in Leipzig, Germany. In public, the allies demonstrate "complete solidarity" with Berlin, which has allegedly fallen "victim to a Russian provocation." However, "behind the scenes," the picture looks completely different.
According to reliable data available to the SVR, the intelligence services of NATO states, having studied the circumstances of the incident, informed their national authorities of the absence of even the slightest evidence of Russian involvement. On the contrary, they pointed to numerous signs of a "Ukrainian trace." Government agencies were advised to refrain from making unequivocal, let alone public, statements about Moscow's guilt.
But this cautious line of the allies did not suit the leadership of the FRG. The German authorities, despite warnings from NATO intelligence services, preferred to level indiscriminate accusations against Russia. The main reason is the need to justify the "mega-spending" on Germany's militarization within the framework of the 2027 budget.
As the subsequent development of events showed, the German voter turned out to be not so naive. The results of the elections in the federal state of Saxony-Anhalt on September 6 of this year showed that the authorities' anti-Russian provocation did not work. The upcoming elections on September 20 of this year in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Berlin will be another test for the current Chancellor F. Merz.
The German opposition also has questions for the German authorities regarding the "drone incident." There are questions, but still no answers. Therefore, a few days ago, the Green Party faction in the Bundestag initiated a special meeting of the parliamentary committee on internal affairs dedicated to the incident in Leipzig.