Terrier than Grozny

First, his name was Vadim Sokolov, a Russian traveler who received a Schengen visa in the French consulate in St. Petersburg and reached Berlin in a circular way, where Zelimkhan Khangoshvili, an ethnic Chechen, a Georgian citizen, and a resident of the German capital, shot on August 23. Then it opened that the killer was very similar to the former police major Vladimir Stepanov, sentenced by a 24-year term for murder and other crimes. From yesterday, he is again Vadim, but Krasikov , and most likely this is his real name. Then he has a different past and in his own way the unique biography of the Velosypeedist Mokrushnik, who was wanted along the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Interpol, whose data was subsequently mysteriously removed from these and other file cabinets.

There are other problems related to the murder in the center of Berlin. Moreover, much more complex for the German authorities than the exact identification of the Russian shooter. Problems of political property.

The fact is that almost from the very beginning, as soon as this of our compatriot was detained and sent to the pre -trial detention center, the investigators had serious reasons to believe that we were talking about the act of state terrorism. Since the deceased was a clear “enemy” for both the Kremlin and Kadyrov, who participated in the Chechen and Georgian Wars, and that he was in mortal danger, he himself notified the employees of the federal department for migration and refugees, asking for a residence permit in Germany. When, in the framework of the journalistic investigation, the details of the acquisition by Sokolov’s acquisition permits to enter the Schengen at a fake passport with a fake address, and his official phone, mentioned in the package of documents for the consulate, coincided with the number of the company belonging to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, suspicions were noticeably intensified. Finally, now, after the exposure of all these miracles with the disappearance of any information about Krasikov from the database, Russian and international, there seems to be no doubt who hired a killer and ordered the murder of an emigrant. Unless the search geography of investigators can range between the Terrible and Moscow. But this, who does not know, is the same country.

Problems come down to what to do with this knowledge further: investigators, prosecutors, law enforcement agencies, deputies and leaders of the ruling parties, Frau Chancelline. Suppose ordinary investigators and workers of special services will be engaged in their work. To visit the abundantly tattooed and deaf silent suspect and then dig in the direction where the independent traces indicate. The authorities are much more difficult.

On the one hand, it is known how, in principle, it should be done in such cases. Official protest, calling the ambassador to the carpet, expulsion of diplomats, sanctions - mechanics of ritual gestures, with the help of which respected partners are made to understand that they are completely insolent and punished for this, have long been debugged. On the other hand, in relation to Putin’s Russia, it is known in advance what the steps will be. Quite tough and, as they say, asymmetric. Including the terrible howl on all the GOSTELEKANALS and the first-person performances, which will declare, directly looking into the eyes of the assumptive interviewer that we absolutely did not need to shoot some kind of Chechen to anyone there. Although he, imagining himself, was a militant and a spy.

In general, after the murders of Yandarbiev and Litvinenko and the attempt on Skripals, Russian Chekists and speakers developed a certain style of foreign special operations and behavior after they are completed. Firstly, by mediocrity or intentionally, everything should be done as if the names of killers were engraved on the fragments of the bomb, a container with poison or pool. Secondly, angrily and certainly with a view of the offended dignity to deny involvement in the deed. Occasionally winking at the same time, at the same time, the world community surrounding the speakers: and you, they say, prove, and your evidence seems unconvincing to us! In short, the situation is predictable, which is why it is easy to comprehend why German politicians of the first row are in no hurry to respond sharply to the death of the refugee. And they do not want to take actions that could upset the irritable Vladimir Vladimirovich. Not to mention Ramzan Akhmatovich.

German elites also have to take into account the situation in the world. Against the backdrop of a showdown around the Northern Stream 2, dead end disputes about Ukraine shortly before the Paris meeting, fierce disputes in the North Atlantic Alliance on the eve of the summit and against the background of Trump as such does not want to conflict with Moscow. Always the examination angel Merkel these days, probably, calculates the moves with particular caution and waits habitually. As if hinting that criminal plots are not its level. Big politics should not intersect with a gloomy criminal.

However, it is also dangerous to completely ignore the facts indicating the potential involvement of a Russian leader in a crime. There is a trap from which you need to get out somehow. Putin’s angry is either Kadyrov, sharply exacerbating the relationship of Germany with Russia, is scary, but to discover true feelings before them, to bend and be silent, probably even worse. Then they finally assure their terrorist impunity, and the trouble, which comprehended the relatives and friends of Zelimkhan Khangoshvili, will affect many on the streets of German cities. So fears with fears, and the case, very successfully investigated by the team of journalists from Bellingcat, Dossier Center, The Insider and Spiegel, now takes control of the General Prosecutor General of the Federal Republic of Germany, and this means that the trial goes to a new level. Still, to the highest level, and a person with three names gradually becomes a defendant in great policy.