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Kremlin admits Vadim Krasikov is an Russian state assassin

Kremlin admits Vadim Krasikov is an Russian state assassin



Spokesperson hints killer exchanged in prisoner swap was linked to Putin’s personal guardThe Kremlin has admitted that Vadim Krasikov, the assassin freed by Germany in a historic prisoner swap on Thursday, is a serving officer of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB), essentially an acknowledgment that his 2019 murder of a Chechen exile in Berlin was a state-ordered hit.It also hinted that he was linked to Vladimir Putin’s personal guard. Continue reading…



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Author : Shaun Walker in Warsaw and Deborah Cole in Berlin

Publish date : 2024-08-02 15:24:33

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