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A German military officer charged with espionage for providing information to a Russian intelligence service is set to receive his sentence on Monday. The 54-year-old, who is identified only as Thomas H due to Germany’s strict privacy laws, confessed to the crime when his trial began last month at the Dusseldorf Higher Regional Court. The federal prosecutor’s office said the officer “offered himself to Russia” in order to give Russian armed forces an advantage. The defendant, who holds the rank of captain, had worked at the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-…

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