A married couple are due to go on trial in Germany for spying in what German media say is one of the most intriguing cases since the end of the Cold War.
Andreas and Heidrun Anschlag are said to have settled in then West Germany on false passports some 25 years ago.
They are accused of feeding information to the former Soviet Union and then Russia since then, and could face a long jail term if found guilty.
The couple, who were arrested in October 2011, deny the charges.
But a spectacular trial followed by a conviction could sour bilateral relations, German media warn.
Wireless transmitterThe couple were arrested at their home in the western town of Marburg in the early morning of 18 October 2011.
At the time, Mrs Heidrun was sitting in her study in front of a wireless transmitter that was receiving encoded messages on a shortwave frequency and was hooked up by cable to a computer, reports the German news website Spiegel Online.
There is some speculation about what secrets this quiet couple could have known, though a court in Munich jailed a spy two years ago for selling details of a helicopter, says the BBC's Stephen Evans in Berlin.
There is also speculation about whether the authorities were alerted to the German couple by the same person - whoever that may be - who told the FBI in the United States about the Russian spy ring uncovered there involving Anna Chapman. She had admitted to spying and was then deported to Russia where she has since become a celebrity.
One intriguing footnote about the case, our correspondent adds, is that Russian President Vladimir Putin worked for the KGB in Dresden through the 1980s when the couple are accused of beginning to spy for that very organisation.
If they did, many would want to know if Mr Putin knew, says our correspondent.
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