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13-07-2024, 07:51 PM
German shock at Russian assassination plot.
German political figures have reacted angrily to on Russia plotted to kill head of Germany's biggest arms company Rheinmetall, Armin Papperger.
CNN: US had been told, Berlin earlier said security around him was stepped up. Germany's interior refused to comment but Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock appeared to confirm details. Russia is waging war of aggression."In Moscow, Kremlin Dmitry Peskov rejected the allegations.
Armin Papperger is now seen as the best protected figure in Germany's economy, German political figures have reacted angrily to a report that Russia had plotted to kill the head of Germany's biggest arms company Rheinmetall,
"In view of latest reports on Rheinmetall, this is what we have actually been communicating more and more clearly in recent months," she told reporters at the Nato summit in Washington. "Russia is waging a hybrid war of aggression."
In Moscow, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov rejected the allegations. "It's all presented in the style of another fake story, so such reports cannot be taken seriously."
Rheinmetall avoided commenting on issues of "corporate security", but Mr Papperger is now being described as the most highly protected figure in Germany's economy. He told the Financial Times that German authorities had imposed a "great deal of security around my person". Company is one of world's biggest producers of ammunition and has become key to supplying Ukraine with arms, armoured vehicles and other military equipment.
Rheinmetall recently opened a tank repair plant in western Ukraine. Last month, it signed an agreement with Ukraine to expand co-operation in the coming years, including a joint venture to produce artillery shells. Mr Papperger said at the time his company wanted to hand over first Lynx infantry fighting vehicles later this year & start producing them in Ukraine soon. Chancellor Olaf Scholz avoided commenting on assassination plot directly, he said it was well known Germany was exposed to a variety of Russian threats & was paying close attention to them.
German political figures have reacted angrily to on Russia plotted to kill head of Germany's biggest arms company Rheinmetall, Armin Papperger.
CNN: US had been told, Berlin earlier said security around him was stepped up. Germany's interior refused to comment but Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock appeared to confirm details. Russia is waging war of aggression."In Moscow, Kremlin Dmitry Peskov rejected the allegations.
Armin Papperger is now seen as the best protected figure in Germany's economy, German political figures have reacted angrily to a report that Russia had plotted to kill the head of Germany's biggest arms company Rheinmetall,
"In view of latest reports on Rheinmetall, this is what we have actually been communicating more and more clearly in recent months," she told reporters at the Nato summit in Washington. "Russia is waging a hybrid war of aggression."
In Moscow, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov rejected the allegations. "It's all presented in the style of another fake story, so such reports cannot be taken seriously."
Rheinmetall avoided commenting on issues of "corporate security", but Mr Papperger is now being described as the most highly protected figure in Germany's economy. He told the Financial Times that German authorities had imposed a "great deal of security around my person". Company is one of world's biggest producers of ammunition and has become key to supplying Ukraine with arms, armoured vehicles and other military equipment.
Rheinmetall recently opened a tank repair plant in western Ukraine. Last month, it signed an agreement with Ukraine to expand co-operation in the coming years, including a joint venture to produce artillery shells. Mr Papperger said at the time his company wanted to hand over first Lynx infantry fighting vehicles later this year & start producing them in Ukraine soon. Chancellor Olaf Scholz avoided commenting on assassination plot directly, he said it was well known Germany was exposed to a variety of Russian threats & was paying close attention to them.
