Moscow retaliates against Berlin and announces the expulsion of two German diplomats
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Berlin accused Moscow of ordering the assassination of a Chechen opponent in Germany, but “the Russian side categorically rejects the unfounded and disjointed accusations of the involvement of Russian state structures in this crime”.

Russia announced this Monday the expulsion of two German diplomats, in response to a similar measure taken last week by Berlin, which accuses Moscow of having ordered the murder of a Chechen opponent in Germany.

“The Russian side categorically rejects the unfounded and disjointed accusations of the involvement of Russian state structures in this crime,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement, which reported on the expulsion of the two German diplomats.

Russian diplomats, which did not clarify when diplomats will have to leave the country, said that Russia “will continue to respond adequately and proportionately to any attack by Berlin”.

The German government has already reacted to the announcement of the expulsion of the two diplomats, considering it a measure “completely unjustified” and warning that it “will weigh even more heavily on bilateral relations”.

On December 15, the Berlin Court sentenced to life imprisonment a Russian convicted of the murder of a former Chechen separatist fighter from Georgia in a Berlin park on August 23, 2019.

The president of the court, Olaf Arnoldi, directly challenged the Russian authorities, indicating that they had “ordered the accused to kill the victim”.

Following this sentence, Berlin immediately announced the expulsion of two Russian diplomats.

The victim of the attack, former Chechen separatist leader Tornike Kavtarashvili, fought against Russian forces between 2000 and 2004 and since 2016 he had been living with his family in Germany, where he had applied for asylum.

Moscow, which has always denied any involvement in this case, called it a “political verdict”.

Source: with Agencies

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