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German prosecutors called on Tuesday for a jail sentence of three and a half years to be imposed on an officer in the German military with far-right political leanings who has confessed to spying for Russia. “The charges have been confirmed to the full extent,” a federal prosecutor told the Dusseldorf higher regional court. The captain, who had joined the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party at around the same time as his spying activities, had offered his services to Russia with the aim of providing the Russian military with an advantage by betraying sensitive information. His treaso…

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