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| Russia expels 2 German diplomats | |
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| Russia has declared two German diplomats personae non gratae. Monday’s move was intended as a response to a similar decision taken by Germany last week, the Foreign Ministry in Moscow explained. | |
| Moscow’s move comes days after it promised to retaliate after Berlin expelled two Russian diplomats on Wednesday. Reacting to the news, Germany’s foreign ministry has described Moscow’s Monday decision as “unfounded,” adding that the expulsion is likely to further strain bilateral relations. | |
| Berlin showed two Russian diplomats the door after a German court had sentenced a Russian national to life in prison over the murder of a Chechen separatist, Zelimkhan Khangoshvili, in 2019. Khangoshvili had been wanted in Russia on multiple charges. Three years prior, he had moved to Germany and applied for asylum there. | |
| After Khangoshvili was fatally shot in Berlin’s Tiergarten park, the German authorities were quick to point the finger at Moscow. Russia has denied any involvement in the murder. | |
| Commenting on the court ruling, Germany’s new foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock, said the murder was “at the behest of a state,” and called it “a blatant violation of German law and sovereignty.” In response, Russian Ambassador Sergey Nechaev denounced the German court’s verdict as “politically motivated” and “biased.” | |
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