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…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/02/kremlin-admits-vadim-krasikov-is-an-russian-state-assassin
Author : Shaun Walker in Warsaw and Deborah Cole in Berlin
Publish date : 2024-08-02 15:24:33
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Kremlin admits Vadim Krasikov is an Russian state assassin
