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German authorities suspect Russian sabotage in anti-Greens election attacks

Hundreds of cars across several German states appear to have been deliberately sabotaged — their exhaust pipes filled with construction foam and stickers featuring the Greens' chancellor candidate alongside the slogan "Be greener".

This was not a campaign gimmick gone wrong, however. German authorities suspect Russia to be behind the attacks.

More than 270 vehicles in Baden-Württemberg, Berlin, Brandenburg, and Bavaria are believed to have been targeted, seemingly to stoke anti-Green sentiment during the election campaign.

Initially, investigators suspected radical climate activists. However, Der Spiegel reports that in December last year, three men from southern Germany suddenly came under scrutiny.

They were stopped during a police check near a crime scene in Schönefeld, just outside Berlin. Subsequent house searches uncovered cans of construction foam, mobile phones and laptops.

Authorities believe these incidents are part of a targeted campaign to fuel resentment against the Greens and their chancellor candidate just weeks before the parliamentary election.

Germany's domestic intelligence agency, the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, has warned the public several times of potential Russian interference in the election, including the use of so-called Russian proxies.

"These individuals are recruited online by Russian intelligence services or other state actors to carry out sabotage or propaganda activities", the agency stated.

The Greens have already responded to the allegations. In a statement, Konstantin von Notz, deputy parliamentary group leader and chairman of the Bundestag's Parliamentary Oversight Panel, underscored the severity of the current threat.

"For years, we have warned that authoritarian states, primarily Russia and China, are actively working to weaken Germany, manipulate public discourse, and attack democratic decision-making processes—including elections," the statement reads.

"For months, espionage and sabotage have been used for sowing uncertainty, inflaming existing conflicts, and dividing our society. The warnings from our security agencies could hardly be clearer. What we are seeing is just the tip of the

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