The Federal Criminal Police Directorate of Germany became aware of the data of another suspect in the sensational murder of a Chechen Zelimkhan Khangoshvili. Petersburger Roman D. could help the killer.
Spiegel reports on the data of the new defendant in the investigation. According to the publication, a resident of St. Petersburg visited Germany in early August 2019, entering the EU through the Belarusian-Polish border in an Infiniti Q50 car.
Romana D, as indicated in article, checked for involvement in the preparation of the murder of Khangoshvili in the Berlin Tiergarten district.
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According to the version of the Federal Prosecutor’s Office, a former Chechen field commander was shot dead by a Russian citizen Vadim Krasikov. To travel to Germany, he used a fake passport in the name of Vadim Sokolov. Krasikov is suspected of having links with Russian intelligence agencies.
Krasikov is charged. The German federal prosecutor’s office believes that he received an order from representatives of the Russian authorities to liquidate Khangoshvili, said statement departments:
“The order is related to the fact that the victim was in opposition to the federal authorities and the authorities of his autonomous republics of Chechnya and Ingushetia. The defendant accepted the kill order. He either hoped for a financial reward or shared the motive of his clients to kill a political opponent and thereby retaliate for participating in earlier conflicts with Russia. ”
Khangoshvili participated in the hostilities on the side of the Chechen separatists in 2000-2004. After moving to Europe, he took the pseudonym Tornike Kavtarashvili. He was shot dead in Berlin on August 23. The criminal rode on a bicycle and fired a Glock pistol. He was detained.
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According to investigators, on August 17 he flew from Moscow to Paris, from there on August 20 to Poland. On the morning of the 22nd he set off for Berlin by land transport, possibly by car.
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