Germany expels two Russian diplomats after the verdict of an alleged FSB colonel for the murder of a Chechen in Berlin
The German Foreign Ministry declared two employees of the Russian embassy in Berlin persona non grata following the conviction of alleged FSB officer Vadim Krasikov (Sokolov), accused of killing former Chechen field commander Zelimkhan Khangoshvili in the summer of 2019. This was announced by the head of the ministry Annalena Burbock. “This crime, committed, as established today by the court, by state order, is the most severe violation of German law and the sovereignty of the FRG,” she said.