Russia declares two German diplomats persona non grata as Germany expels two Russians over murder of Georgian Khangoshvili
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Russia has declared two employees of the German embassy in Russia as persona non grata and summoned the German ambassador as a response to the expulsion of two Russian diplomats from Germany over the murder of Georgian citizen of Chechen origin Zelimkhan Khangoshvili in Berlin in the summer.
The information has been released by the Russian Foreign Ministry.
Germany is pointing at possible involvement of either Russian of Chechen authorities in the case.
Khangoshvili, 40, who was shot dead in the Kleiner Tiergarten Park, Berlin, on August 23, was a field commander during the second Chechen War (1999-2009), which is why he was wanted and continuously persecuted by Russia.
Russian President Vladimer Putin has stated that Khangoshvili was a terrorist.
Germany has expelled two Russian citizens working in the Russian embassy in Berlin for their alleged involvement in the murder of Georgian citizen of Chechen origin Zelimkhan Khangoshvili in Berlin in the summer, pointing at possible involvement of either Russian of Chechen authorities in the case.Khangoshvili, 40, who was shot dead in the Kleiner Tiergarten Park, Berlin, on August 23.
Moscow has denied any link to the assassination of an ethnic Chechen citizen of Georgia Zelimkhan Khangoshvili, a veteran of the second Chechen War. Zelimkhan Khangoshvili, 40, was shot dead on August 23 in Germany, while he was on his way to Friday prayers. Kremlin press-speaker Dmitry Peskov said on August 28 that Russia “categorically denies any link between Russia and the incident.”
German police have arrested a Russian national, 49, who faces charges for the murder of Georgian citizen, Zelimkhan Khangoshvili, a native of Georgia’s Pankisi Gorge by origin. Veteran of the Second Chechen War (1999-2009) Zelimkhan Khangoshvili, 40, was shot on August 23 in Berlin was on his way to Friday prayers.
The 14-year-old son of Ahmad Pareulidze, who served as the chief guard of Georgian-born ISIS top terrorist Omar Al-Shishani, has died in Syria, Pankisi radio reported.
Bellingcat, an investigative journalism website, writes that its months-long investigation, with The Insider and Der Spiegel, has uncovered that the assassination of Georgian citizen of Chechen origin Zelimkhan Khangoshvili in Berlin last August ‘was planned and organized by Russia’s FSB security agency.’
The Public Prosecutor General of Germany has indicted a suspect for killing Georgian citizen Zelimkhan Khangoshvili in Berlin, stating that Russian central governmental federal offices put out the hit on Khangoshvili, which was carried out by Russian citizen Vadim K. in August 2019.
The Embassy of Germany to Georgia says that the Federal Prosecution of Germany used ‘unclear phrasing when it called the Georgian government ‘pro-Russian’ in the statement related to the murder of Georgian citizen of Chechen origin Zelimkhan Khangoshvili in Berlin.
German news outlet Der Spiegel writes that the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) of Germany and the Federal Prosecutor's Office have revealed a second possible suspect in the case of the assassination of Georgian citizen of Chechen origin Zelimkhan Khangoshvili.
Slovakia will expel three personnel of the Russian embassy in Bratislava for their connection to the killing of Georgian citizen Zelimkhan Khangoshvili in Berlin, Germany last year, BBC has cited the Slovak media outlets as saying.
Two people have died and two have been injured in a deadly confrontation between Georgians and Chechens in the Turkish city of Istanbul earlier today.
Germany has expelled two Russian diplomats and summoned the Russian ambassador after Russian citizen Vadim Krasikov was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Georgian citizen of Chechen origin Zelimkhan Khangoshvili in Berlin back in 2019.