Berlin – Suspicions of Russian state involvement in an apparent contract killing of a Georgian man in central Berlin earlier this year have led Germany to expel two Russian diplomats.
The diplomats have been designated as personae non gratae, the German Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday, adding that the government suspects Russian intelligence agencies were involved in the shooting.
Russia’s Foreign Ministry condemned Germany’s move as “unfriendly” and “baseless,” according to comments carried by Russian news agencies.
Russia’s top diplomat, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, said the country was preparing its official response.
Senior Russian lawmaker Leonid Slutsky, an authority on foreign policy, said …read more
Source:: Independent Online
