Russia denies ordering assassination of Chechen exile in Berlin

16:58, 29.08.2019

The Russian government has denied responsibility for the killing of a Chechen exile, Georgian citizen Zelimkhan Khangoshvili in Berlin, Germany.

The Kremlin denied any involvement in the killing, which took place on the same day that Germany’s foreign minister was visiting Moscow.
“I categorically reject any link between this incident, this murder and official Russia,” said Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov on August 28, as reported by The Guardian.

Der Spiegel said German security agencies were increasingly confident Russia’s signature could be detected behind Khangoshvili’s killing. “If it turns out that a state player like Russia is behind this, we have a second Skripal case on our hands, with everything that entails,” the magazine quoted one source as saying.

Khangoshvili’s body was repatriated to Georgia last night. The attack took place in the Kleiner Tiergarten Park in Moabit, central Berlin, on August 23.

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