Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin personally talked about Rheinmetall CEO Armin Papperger throughout a closed assembly with safety officers in 2024, previous to an assassination try made on Papperger.

Supply: German newspaper Focus, as reported by European Pravda

Particulars: Focus sources in safety circles say the assembly passed off in March 2024 in Rostov-on-Don, the place Putin met with senior officers of the Russian military and army intelligence (GRU).

Discussions on the assembly centred on Rheinmetall’s arms deliveries to Kyiv and the corporate’s deliberate building of an ammunition plant and tank upkeep facility in Ukraine.

Focus sources state that Putin talked about Papperger by title 4 instances, "branding him a provocateur and a supporter of Ukraine, Russia’s adversary within the warfare".

This assertion "alarmed German safety businesses", resulting in elevated safety for Papperger.

For reference: Rheinmetall is the most important and most profitable German producer of essential 155mm artillery shells, which have grow to be a key weapon within the warfare in Ukraine.

Background:

• In July 2024, CNN reported that the US and Germany had foiled a Russian plot to assassinate Papperger.
• In January, NATO formally confirmed that Russia had supposed to kill Papperger.
• NATO said that Kremlin plans had been foiled by US and German intelligence and had been a part of a broader Russian effort to focus on defence trade executives throughout Europe.

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