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A russian secret agent assassinated an enemy of Putin in Berlin in broad daylight.
https://www.dw.com/en/germany-expels-russian-diplomats-after-murder-in-berlin/a-51527185What we know so far:
Prosecutors said there is "sufficient evidence" to indicate that the man's murder was carried out on the behalf of the Russian state or by Chechnya.
The German foreign ministry also announced that two employees at Russia's embassy in Berlin had been designated personae non grate and were expelled.
The names and positions of the diplomats were not given, although the ministry said it took the move after Russian authorities failed to "cooperate sufficiently" in the murder investigation.
Russia's foreign ministry called the move to expel the diplomats an "unfriendly, ungrounded step" and vowed to respond.
In late August, 40-year-old Zelimkhan Khangoshvili was shot in an "execution-style" killing at Berlin's Kleiner Tiergarten park. The suspect in the case, a 49-year-old Russian national, carried out the drive-by shooting on a bicycle in broad daylight — shooting the victim in the head and chest, prosecutors said.
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Khangoshvili was an asylum-seeker of Chechen descent from Georgia who fought against the Russians as a separatist during the Second Chechen War from 1999 - 2009. He was also known by a second identity "Tornike K." which was the one used by German prosecutors. After the war, he reportedly worked in both Ukraine and Georgia against Russian interests.
In their statement, German prosecutors said he was "classified as a terrorist by Russian authorities and persecuted as such."
Prosecutors said there is "sufficient evidence" to indicate that the man's murder was carried out on the behalf of the Russian state or by Chechnya.
The German foreign ministry also announced that two employees at Russia's embassy in Berlin had been designated personae non grate and were expelled.
The names and positions of the diplomats were not given, although the ministry said it took the move after Russian authorities failed to "cooperate sufficiently" in the murder investigation.
Russia's foreign ministry called the move to expel the diplomats an "unfriendly, ungrounded step" and vowed to respond.
In late August, 40-year-old Zelimkhan Khangoshvili was shot in an "execution-style" killing at Berlin's Kleiner Tiergarten park. The suspect in the case, a 49-year-old Russian national, carried out the drive-by shooting on a bicycle in broad daylight — shooting the victim in the head and chest, prosecutors said.
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Khangoshvili was an asylum-seeker of Chechen descent from Georgia who fought against the Russians as a separatist during the Second Chechen War from 1999 - 2009. He was also known by a second identity "Tornike K." which was the one used by German prosecutors. After the war, he reportedly worked in both Ukraine and Georgia against Russian interests.
In their statement, German prosecutors said he was "classified as a terrorist by Russian authorities and persecuted as such."
https://www.dw.com/en/germany-to-investigate-russia-ties-to-georgian-murdered-in-berlin/a-51516724
The suspected perpetrator, a 49-year-old Russian national, is believed to have carried out a drive-by shooting on bicycle in broad daylight. Authorities apprehended him shortly thereafter and later found the bicycle, a wig and the weapon used in the murder ditched in the Spree River.
Independent investigations conducted by the research network Bellingcat and others revealed evidence of a foreign state connection, though Russia denied its involvement. The name given on both the perpetrator's passport and visa application had never been listed in Russian databases, while supposed coworkers in Germany had no recollection of him having ever worked with them.
Independent investigations conducted by the research network Bellingcat and others revealed evidence of a foreign state connection, though Russia denied its involvement. The name given on both the perpetrator's passport and visa application had never been listed in Russian databases, while supposed coworkers in Germany had no recollection of him having ever worked with them.
This is another obvious case of western hysteria. They always try to blame the russian government for murders.
Alexander Litvinenko died from Polonium-infused tea after meeting two "former" russian secret agents of the KGB and the GRU.
Sergej Skripal almost died from Novichok right when two russian military officers with fake IDs were on vacation in his town.
Zelimkhan Khangoshvili was shot dead in broad daylight by a Russian with a fake ID.
This is so TYPICAL for the West!!! An enemy of the russian state gets gruesomely killed by Russians, and they already jump to conclusions that somehow the russian government is to blame for that!!!
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