Overview

• Chancellor Friedrich Merz warns that Russia is testing limits through sabotage, espionage and killings intended to unsettle societies.
• DER SPIEGEL releases a three-part podcast detailing how Russian services recruit low‑paid “Wegwerfagenten” online for one‑off tasks in Europe.
• Investigators link July 2024 incendiary packages at Leipzig airport and a UK site to such operatives, with several suspects arrested in Lithuania.
• The reporting asserts Russia’s cyber campaign now blends digital intrusions with physical attacks, pushing German services to adapt their defenses.
• Separately, manager magazin reports an active owners’ fight to split Munich’s Südhausbau, which controls 5,700 apartments, with Matthias Ottmann driving the push.