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| Germany expels two Russian diplomats over Berlin murder probe | |
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| Germany said it is expelling two Russian diplomats for not sufficiently cooperating with a probe into the high-profile assassination of a Chechen expat, with Georgian citizenship, in Berlin. | Germany said it is expelling two Russian diplomats for not sufficiently cooperating with a probe into the high-profile assassination of a Chechen expat, with Georgian citizenship, in Berlin. |
| On Wednesday, the Foreign Ministry declared two Russian diplomats personae non gratae for not sufficiently participating in the investigation, despite “repeated requests,” into the murder of a man, named in the statement as Tornike K., who was gunned down in Berlin’s Tiergarten Park in August. | |
| The ministry stressed that immediate cooperation from Russia “remains crucial” because the investigation has been taken over by the Prosecutor General’s Office. | |
| Tornike K. was named in German media as Zelimkhan Khangoshvili, 40. | |
| Reports suggested he was a Georgian national of Chechen origin. It was also reported that he fought against Russian forces during the Chechen war in the early 2000s. | |
| According to German media, the suspected assassin, who has been captured by police, entered Germany under the name Vadim Sokolov, 49, and used a Russian passport. | |
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