The Baikal neutrino telescope—Results and plans

The Neutrino Telescope NT200 is operated since 1998 and was upgraded to the 10 Mton detector NT200+ in 2005. The preparation towards a km3-scale (Gigaton Volume) detector in Lake Baikal is currently a central activity. As an important milestone, a km3-prototype string, based on completely new technology, has been installed and was operating together with NT200+ since April 2008. Also selected astroparticle physics results from the long-term operation of NT200 are presented.