> if Russian agents assassinated a local industrialist

Funny you mention that - Russia has tried at least once going back as far as 2024[1]. State security services intervened.

> US intelligence discovered earlier this year that the Russian government planned to assassinate the chief executive of a powerful German arms manufacturer that has been producing artillery shells and military vehicles for Ukraine, according to five US and western officials familiar with the episode.

> When the Americans learned of the effort, they informed Germany, whose security services were then able to protect Papperger and foil the plot. A high-level German government official confirmed that Berlin was warned about the plot by the US.

[1] https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/11/politics/us-germany-foiled-ru...