Fake phone call: Russian trolls frame Robert Habeck

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Russian trolls specializing in disinformation have lured German Economic Affairs Minister Robert Habeck (Greens) into a fake phone call. Following a request from the dpa, the Ministry of Economic Affairs confirmed on Tuesday that a corresponding conversation had taken place.

According to the ministry, the caller posed as a representative of the African Union during the telephone conversation. Security-relevant or confidential information was not part of the conversation. This was interrupted several times due to technical problems with the line, which prevented a coherent conversation from taking place.

German intelligence services provided information

According to a ministry spokesperson, a four-minute recording that the two trolls published on Telegram is a compilation. Neither the general conversation presented, nor the questions asked there, nor the attached answers could be confirmed, the ministry spokesperson said.

In the alleged recording, you can hear, among other things, how Habeck calmly explained in English that Ukraine must be helped to export its grain despite Russian attacks.

Shortly after the call, the ministry said it had received information from German intelligence services. They pointed out that there had been contact under a false identity and that a fake call to Habeck followed. The ministry then analyzed and assigned the facts. The incident was used as an opportunity to review and tighten existing security loops. (SDA)

Source: Blick