Opinion
Letzte Aktualisierung: September 8, 2022
Beware of Führer states
By Wolfgang Ischinger and Sebastian Turner

Spies are not supposed to betray their own power apparatus. But precisely exactly what the head of Russian foreign espionage Sergei Naryshkin has done on February 23, unintentionally and conspicuously. At a meeting of the Russian Security Council, his answers not only revealed how the pretexts of Russian imperialism change on a whim. As Vladimir Putin humiliated his top spy in front of the world, he revealed: the Russian Federation has become a Führer state.
