The German flag flys outside the Reichstag, the building which houses the Bundestag (the German lower house of parliament) on Feb 24, 2021 in Berlin. (DAVID GANNON / AFP)
BERLIN – German prosecutors on Monday said they arrested a university research assistant accused of working for the Russian secret service.
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The man, identified as Ilnur N., according to German reporting rules, worked as a research assistant for a scientific and technical professorship at a German university, the prosecutors said.
He met a member of the Russian foreign secret service at least three times between October 2020 and June 2021 and passed on information in return for cash payments, it added.
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The man was arrested on Friday, June 18.
