Russian couple accused of spying

A married Russian couple gave confidenital information about Germany to Russia. Andreas and Heidrun Anschlag were alleged by prosecuters to have been transmitting a code to Russia before they got arrested. They got arrested in their home in Marburg,Germany and  are having a trial Stuttgart,Germany. The couple started spying in the 1980s and got arrested 25 years later (October 18, 2011). This is a bad situation for the Germans and Russians because their relationship will get worse since the Germans are frustrated for the Russians spying on them and the Russians are irratated that the Germans are accusing them of spying on them. The German are suspicious because former Russian president Vladimir Putin was in KGB (a Russian spying organization) while the couple was spying on them. This connects to class because in WWII they had a bad relationship like the event that just occured. This is also connected to the Black Death because the couple was accused of being spies just like the Jews were accused of poisoning people.