Planned assassination uncovered - NATO confirms: Russia wanted to kill German arms manager

FOCUS online Planned assassination uncovered - NATO confirms: Russia wanted to kill German arms manager 12 hours • 1 minute reading time The head of the German arms company, Armin Papperger. According to NATO, Russia wanted to assassinate Rheinmetall boss Armin Papperger. German and American intelligence services foiled the plan. A high-ranking NATO official has confirmed that Russia wanted to kill the head of the German arms company Rheinmetall, Armin Papperger. This plan was part of a larger strategy to eliminate important figures in the defense industry in Europe. According to James Appathurai, who is responsible for innovation and cyber security at NATO, there have already been several acts of sabotage in recent years. These included derailing trains, arson attacks and attacks on politicians. "POLITICO" reports that German and American intelligence services prevented the assassination attempt. Appathurai told a European Parliament committee: "We have seen acts of sabotage in NATO countries, including plots to attack defense industry executives such as the head of Rheinmetall." Russia is recruiting criminals According to Appathurai, Russia is recruiting "criminal gangs or unsuspecting youth or migrants" online for these actions. These attacks are intended to create unrest and weaken support for Ukraine, according to POLITICO. European politicians have been urged to wake up from their "boiling frog" mentality and adopt a "war mentality," as NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte emphasized last December. The "boiling frog" scenario describes a situation in which people gradually become accustomed to a dangerous threat and do not realize that the danger is getting bigger until it is too late. Appathurai added to POLITICO: "There is a continuous and escalating campaign of destabilization against all of our countries."