A man accused of spying for Russia on a European rocket programme refuted the charges against him in a German court on Thursday. “I’m not an agent,” the Russian national said as his trial got under way in Munich. The young man, who worked as a researcher at the University of Augsburg until last year, has been charged with secret service agent activity. Federal prosecutors believe that the Russian secret service had sought his help to obtain information about development of the European Ariane launcher. According to the indictment, the man repeatedly handed over scientific articles that were pu…