Germany will expel two Russian diplomats for the murder of a Chechen separatist in August in Berlin, which the German authorities have decided to attribute to Russia or the Georgian pro-Russian government. The German federal prosecutor announced today, explaining that the case concerns "the highest level of national security".
The Chechen separatist was named Zelimkhan Khangoshvili and was killed with a firearm on August 23 while he was going to pray in a mosque in the city. The alleged murderer was arrested while he was getting rid of the weapon, but so far he has not cooperated in the investigation. Observers and analysts immediately attributed the murder to the Russian government of Vladimir Putin. In recent years there have been several similar cases, such as the attempted murder of former Russian secret agent Sergei Skripal who was poisoned in 2018 with his daughter in Salisbury, England.
The expelled diplomats are two collaborators of the Russian ambassador in Germany, Sergei Netschajew. Before the official announcement, the German foreign ministry informed the Russian embassy, explaining that the decision was taken, among other things, because the Russian government refused to cooperate in the investigations of the German authorities. Tuesday, December 3, the site of investigative investigations Bellingcat he had published a long investigation in which he had revealed the name of the shooter and hypothesized the involvement of the Russian secret services in the murder.
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