German intelligence chief Heinz Fromm accused Russia and China on May 16 of spying on his country's businesses and industries and stealing top-secret technical information. Fromm claimed that Russian espionage especially poses a threat to Germany's ability to develop high-tech products confidentially . Germany's fears are corroborated by complaints from the Netherlands, Norway, Belgium and France, which say that Russia is looking for military, natural gas and oil technology secrets. The Germans particularly noted the Russians' appointment of Mikhail Fradkov, an economics and business specialist with great influence over Russia's banks, to lead Russia's commercial spy agency, the Foreign Intelligence Service (SWR). This appointment indicates an alignment of Russia's economic and business interests and its espionage capabilities. Fradkov has since begun an ambitious recruitment and training program to ensure that FSB operatives are not merely government spooks but competent businessmen capable of furthering Russia's long-term commercial objectives globally.