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=== After German reunification ===
With the [[Dissolution of the Soviet Union|collapse of the Soviet Union]], the KGB was dissolved and split into various successor services in the Russian Federation, including the domestic intelligence service [[Federal Security Service|FSB]], the military intelligence service [[GRU (Russian Federation)|GRU]] and the foreign intelligence service [[Foreign Intelligence Service (Russia)|SVR]]. The last Russian troops withdrew from East Germany in 1994. In the chaotic 1990s, Russia had few resources for foreign espionage and political relations with Germany were relatively good. In August 1999, [[Vladimir Putin]] was appointed [[Prime Minister of Russia|Prime Minister]] by [[Boris Yeltsin]] and soon after he was elected President he consolidated and centralized power. His state was subsequently heavily influenced by former KGB employees and secret service officers, the [[Silovik|siloviki]]. Initially, Putin maintained good contacts with the West, but
In January 2013, a trial began against a married couple from a small town in [[Hesse]]. Both spouses had disguised themselves as immigrants from [[Peru]] and acted as undercover agents spying for Russia for over two decades. They had used spy software to transmit military and political information to Russia. After their arrest by the [[GSG 9]], both were sentenced to several years in prison and then moved to Russia.<ref>{{Cite web/German|url=https://www.swr3.de/podcasts/russland-spione-deutschland-anschlag-dark-matters-100.html|titel=Deine Eltern sind Spione – was in deinem Leben war echt, was eine Lüge?|datum=2023-10-11|zugriff=2024-07-03|sprache=de}}</ref>
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