AFP: “A British man suspected of spying for Russia in exchange for cash has been arrested in Germany, federal prosecutors said Wednesday, in a case expected to stoke tensions between Berlin and Moscow. The suspect identified only as David S., who worked until the time of his arrest as local staff at the British embassy, ‘on at least one occasion passed on documents he acquired as part of his professional activities to a representative of Russian intelligence’.”
“‘The accused received a cash payment in an unspecified amount in return,’ the federal prosecutor’s office said in a statement. It said David S., who was taken into custody Tuesday in the eastern city of Potsdam on an arrest warrant issued on August 4, was believed to have been spying since November 2020 ‘at the latest’. His arrest was the result of a joint operation by German and British authorities. David S. is to appear later Wednesday before an investigating judge who will decide whether he will be remanded in custody.”