Again Russian Prankers: "Vovan and Lexus" talked to viceremer

On Youtube and Telegram appeared a 4-minute recording of their conversation in English, in which the German official spoke of grain removal from Ukraine, complained about high gas prices and stressed that "pressure is the only language that Putin understands. " "It is impossible to get from the fact that the war (in Ukraine. - Ed. ) Will be over. It does not look like. It is worth expecting a long war that will last next year, and possibly longer," Hbek said.

The Viceremier agency confirmed the fact of this telephone conversation, while the one who called the diplomat from the African Union. In addition, the ministry emphasized that published by prankers, a record is a cut from separate parts of a conversation that has been interrupted several times. "The questions and answers are fake and are not combined with each other either by the tone and accents of the interlocutors or the content.

The viceremer did not disclose any sensitive information or confidential data," the representatives of the department drew attention. In mid -November, Germany's counterintelligence warned German politicians about possible calls from Vovan and Lexus. The Federal Service for the Protection of the Constitution, the Internal Special Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the country, sent the relevant instruction to all regions of Germany.

In the document, the service called on all officials and politicians to "preventive measures against the current Russian misinformation campaign", a careful verification of the person who calls, attention to changed e -mail addresses and termination of conversation, as soon as doubts about the interlocutor. German special services specifically pointed to 37-year-old Vladimir Kuznetsov and 36-year-old Alexei Stolyarov, known as "Vovan and Lexus".

They are considered to be loyal to Vladimir Putin, according to Bilda, and more than once have been played by European politicians with fake calls. "The playing of false personalities is specifically used to disseminate false information and publicly exhibit Western politicians. This is part of the Russian special services strategy," the German counterintelligence officer emphasized.