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Zorro

(15,691 posts)
Sun Feb 23, 2020, 08:36 PM Feb 2020

New revelations depict a Russian-sponsored assassination on German soil

In April 2019, a Russian man drove to a training base outside Moscow run by the Federal Security Service, or FSB, a successor to the Soviet KGB. The base, near the village of Averkiyevo, is equipped with multiple shooting ranges and is designed to train FSB officers in shooting techniques. The nonprofit journalism outfit Bellingcat has identified the man as Vadim Krasikov, and says that, based on cellphone data, he spent four days at the facility, an important clue about who was behind a murder in Germany last August.

Bellingcat says Mr. Krasikov, who traveled under a fake name, is the man charged by German federal prosecutors with the shooting in Berlin on Aug. 23 of Zelimkhan Khangoshvili, a former Chechen rebel field commander, who had fought Russia in the Second Chechen War. An ethnic Chechen and citizen of Georgia, Khangoshvili sought asylum in Germany after previous attempts on his life. He was shot in the head and shoulder from behind with a Glock-26 pistol. His alleged killer was apprehended after witnesses saw him ditch the weapon, a wig and a bicycle in the nearby River Spree.

At first, it wasn’t clear who was behind the assassination. Russia denied any responsibility. President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, rejected any accusation of Russian involvement, describing it as “absolutely groundless.” Mr. Putin, in Paris on Dec. 9, said Khangoshvili was a “cruel and blood-thirsty” militant wanted by Russia. But as for who killed him, he added, “I don’t know what happened to him. It’s a criminal milieu, and anything can happen there.”

Now, however, Bellingcat and its partners, Der Spiegel and the Insider, have uncovered information that points directly to the FSB. According to the journalists, “This investigation conclusively establishes” that the agency “plotted, prepared, and perpetrated” the killing.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/new-revelations-depict-a-russian-sponsored-assassination-on-german-soil/2020/02/23/af9ff1e6-5366-11ea-9e47-59804be1dcfb_story.html

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New revelations depict a Russian-sponsored assassination on German soil (Original Post) Zorro Feb 2020 OP
And Trump Says DanieRains Feb 2020 #1
Russia just killed someone else in France. 58Sunliner Feb 2020 #2
How soon until the Russian Scarsdale Feb 2020 #3
Greenwald and Snowden were unavailable for comment Blue_Tires Feb 2020 #4

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
3. How soon until the Russian
Mon Feb 24, 2020, 09:51 AM
Feb 2020

agents start killing in this country? tRump lets them in, even does business with the underworld from Russia. Putin will always have an airtight alibi, but his goons usually do not get caught. The new head of the intelligence agency has not seen any evidence of Russian interference in US politics, though. Good little tRump toady. He must have taken notes from Bill Barr on how to keep a great paying job, with awesome benefits.

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