The Insider: a Russian arrested in Berlin for murder was wanted for murder in Moscow, but then disappeared from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Interpol database

Russian Vadim Sokolov (real name Vadim Krasikov), arrested in Berlin for the murder of Georgian citizen Zelimkhan Khangoshvili, was wanted for the murder of a businessman in Moscow, but then disappeared from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Interpol database, reports The Insider .

In Moscow, on the night of January 19, 2013, businessman Albert Nazarov was killed - the killer rode up to him on a bicycle and shot six times. In January 2014, writes The Insider , Vadim Krasikov was put on the federal wanted list in this case. The search was stopped in June 2015. The Insider claims that Krasikov, who received a visa to Germany in the name of Vadim Sokolov, is involved in the murder in Berlin on August 23, 2019.

The publication writes about the detainee’s connection with the Russian authorities. According to The Insider , this is indicated by the disappearance of Krasikov from the bases of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Interpol. At the same time, a circular was preserved in the offline database of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which indicates the dates of termination of the search and the addition of information to the database. In addition, the publication emphasizes , Krasikov managed to pass Russian border control with fake documents. The German Prosecutor General took control of the Khangoshvili murder case.