CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler speaks about Russian low-level agents in Germany. 

"When the operation is over or someone is arrested, he is literally thrown away as a consumable," says terrorism and security expert Hans-Jakob Schindler, director of the international organization Counter Extremism Project.

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler interviewed at 01:02 regarding the court case against Russian agents in Germany.

The investigation points to a pattern that investigators observe among so-called Russian “disposable agents.” According to the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, these agents often work “on behalf of a foreign intelligence service without actually belonging to it” in exchange for small sums of money. Unlike full-time employees, they are expendable, and the risk of their cover being blown is accepted. “Once the operation is complete or someone is arrested, they are literally discarded,” says terrorism and security expert Hans-Jakob Schindler, director of the international think tank Counter Extremism Project.

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler on arrest of Russian spy in Berlin and extradition of Russian diplomat from Germany.

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler interviewed about Russia’s hybrid warfare in Germany and the German government’s protest to the Russian ambassador in Germany. [Staring at 6:56]