RT by @mikenov: 🔴BREAKING 🇦🇿🇩🇪Azerbaijan protests Germany over a report published by Der Spiegel. The protest was conveyed through diplomatic channels to both the German Chancellor’s Office and the German Foreign Ministry. ● Der Spiegel claimed that August Hanning, who headed Germany’s Federal Intelligence Service (BND) from 1998 to 2005, had spied for Azerbaijan and prepared classified reports for the Azerbaijani side. ● Azerbaijan’s Media and Broadcasting Council has also issued a statement saying that the report is false and that such reports are aimed at harming the developing Azerbaijan-Germany relations.

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🇦🇿🇩🇪Azerbaijan protests Germany over a report published by Der Spiegel.

The protest was conveyed through diplomatic channels to both the German Chancellor’s Office and the German Foreign Ministry.

● Der Spiegel claimed that August Hanning, who headed Germany’s Federal Intelligence Service (BND) from 1998 to 2005, had spied for Azerbaijan and prepared classified reports for the Azerbaijani side.

● Azerbaijan’s Media and Broadcasting Council has also issued a statement saying that the report is false and that such reports are aimed at harming the developing Azerbaijan-Germany relations.

— @operativmedia Oct 7, 2026