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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 539

Russia-Germany relations

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova attends Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's annual end-of-year press conference in Moscow on January 18, 2024. (Alexander NEMENOV / AFP)
January 21, 2024, 10:41 pm
Russia downplays Holocaust’s impact on Jews, pans German defense of Israel at ICJ
FM spokeswoman says Berlin ignores massacres of non-Jews during WWII, criticizes ‘unfettered support’ of Israel; Jerusalem slams Holocaust distortion, thanks Germany for backing
By Michael Horovitz
Illustrative: A Leopard 2 tank during a demonstration by the German military near Hannover, Germany, September 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, file)
January 23, 2023, 11:54 am
Poland to ask Germany for go-ahead to send tanks to Ukraine
But PM says Warsaw will hand over German-made equipment to Ukrainians even if Berlin balks at move; German foreign minister says ‘we won’t stand in the way’
By AP
This file photo from July 8, 2013, shows the BND monitoring base in Bad Aibling, near Munich, Germany. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)
December 22, 2022, 9:12 pm
Germany arrests intel official suspected of passing secrets to Russia
Federal prosecutors say suspect relayed info to Russian intelligence services; German spy chief warns of Moscow’s ‘unscrupulousness and willingness to use violence’
By AFP
In this photo taken in Berlin on October 20, 2020, Arne Schoenbohm, then-president of the German Federal Office for Information Security, (BSI) presents the Report on the State of IT Security in Germany. (Bernd von Jutrczenka/Pool/AFP)
October 18, 2022, 6:18 pm
German cybersecurity chief dismissed over alleged ties to Russian intel
Berlin says allegations against Arne Schoenbohm ‘have permanently damaged the necessary public trust’ in him
By AFP
A Russian construction worker speaks on a mobile phone during a ceremony marking the start of Nord Stream pipeline construction in Portovaya Bay some 170 kms (106 miles) north-west from St. Petersburg, Russia on April 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)
September 3, 2022, 1:43 am
Russia keeps gas pipeline to Germany switched off, stoking Europe’s energy crisis
Russian energy giant Gazprom fails to restart supply, blaming maintenance issues; European officials reject the explanation, see Moscow stirring trouble
By Geir Moulson and Joanna Kozlowska
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (L) and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (R) arrive for a joint press conference in Kyiv, on February 14, 2022. (Sergei Supinsky/AFP)
April 12, 2022, 10:17 pm
Pressure mounts on Berlin to up war response as Kyiv snubs German president
Germany is facing growing criticism for its years-long detente policy toward Russia, with leaders hesitant on providing heavy weapons to Ukraine or cutting energy ties with Moscow
By Femke COLBORNE
Pipes at the landfall facilities of the 'Nord Stream 2' gas pipeline are pictured in Lubmin, northern Germany, on February 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)
February 22, 2022, 2:31 pm
Germany halts gas pipeline project; EU says Russian troops already in Ukraine
Scholz takes step to suspend Nord Stream 2 project with Russia; Duma legislates troop deployment; bloc policy head says Russia hasn’t fully invaded but soldiers are on Ukraine soil
By Agencies and ToI Staff
In this photo taken from video provided by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on January 26, 2022, a Russian self-propelled gun rolls during a military exercising at a training ground in Rostov region, Russia. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)
January 27, 2022, 2:51 am
Ukraine mocks ‘joke’ German offer to send 5,000 helmets amid Russia invasion fears
Berlin is refusing to send weapons, warning it would inflame tensions with Moscow; ‘What will Germany send next? Pillows?’ asks Kyiv mayor
By AFP
People walk past an entrance of the Russian embassy in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Sept. 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
November 5, 2021, 7:09 pm
Russian embassy in Berlin calls mysterious death of diplomat a ‘tragic accident’
Embassy denies speculation in German media that man, found dead after falling from upper floor of building, was a Russian intelligence agent
By AP
A police car is parked in front of the British embassy in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021 (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
August 11, 2021, 5:16 pm
British embassy worker arrested in Germany for allegedly spying for Russia
David S. suspected of sending documents to Russian intelligence; security specialist: ‘A reminder of how much effort Russians put into trying to find out what West is up to’
By Deborah Cole
Illustrative -- German police officers in Frankfurt, Germany, Oct.7, 2020 (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
June 21, 2021, 6:54 pm
Germany arrests Russian scientist for allegedly spying for Moscow
Ilnur N., employed by an unnamed university, is believed to have met with Russian agents at least three times
By Deborah Cole
A Russian construction worker in Portovaya Bay some 170 kms (106 miles) north-west from St. Petersburg, Russia, during a ceremony marking the start of Nord Stream pipeline construction, on April 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky, file)
February 1, 2021, 6:52 pm
Germany rejects French plea to scrap Russia gas pipeline over Navalny crackdown
US and European countries have criticized project, saying it will increase EU dependence on Russia for critical gas supplies
By AFP
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny speaks to the media in front of security officers standing guard at the Foundation for Fighting Corruption office in Moscow, Russia, December 26, 2019 (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
September 7, 2020, 3:53 pm
Kremlin says it’s ‘absurd’ to blame Russia for Navalny poisoning
Spokesman pushes back against claim Moscow was responsible for attack on Putin critic; Merkel refuses to rule out consequences for Baltic Sea pipeline as part of possible sanctions
By Maria Panina
An ambulance believed to transporting Alexei Navalny arrives at the Charite hospital in Berlin, Germany, August 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
September 2, 2020, 5:32 pm
Germany: Russian opposition leader poisoned with nerve agent Novichok
Merkel’s spokesman says testing shows same chemical used to poison former Russia spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter was detected in Alexei Navalny
By AP
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny gestures while speaking in a court room in Moscow, Russia, August 27, 2018. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)
August 25, 2020, 4:07 pm
Kremlin: Navalny poisoning accusations ’empty noise’
German doctors confirm cholinesterase inhibitors used on Russian opposition leader, similar to nerve agent used to poison Russian spy Sergei Skripal in Britain in 2018
By DARIA LITVINOVA and David Rising
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