{"id":54562,"date":"2023-12-12T18:00:14","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T18:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prosfunds.com\/business\/germany-charges-27-for-plotting-armed-coup-with-russia-links\/"},"modified":"2023-12-12T18:00:14","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T18:00:14","slug":"germany-charges-27-for-plotting-armed-coup-with-russia-links","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prosfunds.com\/?p=54562","title":{"rendered":"Germany charges 27 for plotting armed coup with Russia links"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Stay informed with free updates<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__content-sign-up-topic-description\"><span>Simply sign up to the <!-- -->German politics<!-- --> myFT Digest &#8212; delivered directly to your inbox.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"article__content-sign-up-iframe close\" scrolling=\"no\" id=\"signUpIframe\" data-prev-url=\"\/register\/in-article-sign-up?ft-content-uuid=0cef4e4f-de57-408f-972e-96c0b1b3c714&amp;concept-id=0248d815-2074-4259-9848-806189cbecaa\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p>German authorities have charged 27 people with crimes including terrorism, treason and attempted murder for their alleged involvement in last year\u2019s plot to overthrow the government, revealing new details of their links to Russia.<\/p>\n<p>The charges contain accusations of several meetings held between plotters and Russian government officials in 2022 and their intent to involve Moscow in establishing Germany\u2019s new rule. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe accused belonged to a terrorist organisation founded at the end of July 2021 whose goal was to violently eliminate the existing state order in Germany and replace it with its own form of government,\u201d the prosecutor said in a statement on Tuesday. <\/p>\n<p>All of the accused belonged to the extremist Reichsb\u00fcrger movement \u2014 an eclectic grouping of conspiracists, racial ideologues and fantasists who reject the legitimacy of the modern democratic state and embrace ideas such as monarchy and pan-German nationalism.<\/p>\n<p>Led by Heinrich XIII Prince Reuss, scion of an aristocratic dynasty that ruled the east German province of Thuringia for 800 years, the 27 are accused of amassing considerable financial resources and stores of weapons to carry out a coup against the democratically elected government in Berlin.<\/p>\n<p>The putsch was centred on an operation to storm the parliament in Berlin, the Reichstag, in order to arrest parliamentarians, seize control of military radio and trigger a general insurrection across Germany, according to three indictments by the federal prosecutor filed in Frankfurt, Munich and Stuttgart. <\/p>\n<p>After deposing the federal government, the plotters intended to contact the Russian government to negotiate a new order for Germany. Several meetings were held between members of the group and Russian officials at consulates in Leipzig and Frankfurt, the indictments claim. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow the Russian Federation responded\u2009.\u2009.\u2009. has not yet been clarified,\u201d the federal prosecutor said. <\/p>\n<p>A meeting with the Russian consul in Leipzig and the two plotters of the group in charge of weapons procurement was scheduled for December, but never went ahead because the plot was uncovered first. <\/p>\n<p>A Russian woman is among those charged. She facilitated the meetings with Russian government officials, the indictment says. <\/p>\n<p>The Russian government has denied any involvement. <\/p>\n<p>The Reichsb\u00fcrger movement\u2019s \u201cconcrete preparations\u201d included weapons training and the recruitment of sympathetic fighters around the country, grouped into tightly organised regional cells. <\/p>\n<p>The organisation had already gained access to the Reichstag building. One of those charged is Birgit Malsack-Winkemann, a former MP for the hard- right Alternative f\u00fcr Deutschland party. She smuggled other conspirators into secure areas of the Reichstag so they could scope out the building and make attack plans. <\/p>\n<p>The plot\u2019s advanced nature triggered a huge police action last December. <\/p>\n<p>More than 3,000 officers raided 150 premises across Germany, uncovering a stash of 380 firearms, 350 bladed weapons and 500 \u201cother\u201d weapons, as well as 148,000 rounds of ammunition intended for use in the plot.<\/p>\n<p>Among those charged is a sharpshooter with \u201cnumerous\u201d weapons and explosives permits. He shot and injured two police officers \u2014 one permanently \u2014 with an assault rifle when he was arrested. <\/p>\n<p>Others include a member of the German military\u2019s special forces command, who gave plotters access to military sites, and a lieutenant colonel, the former commander of a paratrooper battalion.<\/p>\n<p>Of particular concern to investigators has been the extent to which the conspirators were able to successfully recruit current and former military officers and gain access to sensitive military sites. <\/p>\n<p>German counter-terrorism officials estimate there to be roughly 25,000 people in Germany who are sympathetic to Reichsb\u00fcrger ideas. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/0cef4e4f-de57-408f-972e-96c0b1b3c714\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the German politics myFT Digest &#8212; delivered directly to your inbox. 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