Anschlag Russian espionage plot

In 2011, German authorities uncovered a Russian espionage network that had been operating in Europe for over two decades. The case drew renewed international attention in 2025 when reports resurfaced that the spies had used, among other things, YouTube videos of Cristiano Ronaldo as a medium to send coded messages to Moscow. A married couple, using the false identities Andreas and Heidrun Anschlag, acted as Russian agents based in Marburg under Austrian passports, which were later found to be falsified. The couple spied for Soviet and later Russian intelligence, gathering classified information from agencies including NATO, the European Union, and the United Nations.

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