: :inin Kyiv (EET)

Russian charged in brazen Berlin killing of Georgian man


A Russian man was charged by federal prosecutors Tuesday with the brazen killing of a Georgian man on the streets of Berlin last year, in a case that has already prompted political fallout between Berlin and Moscow.

Vadim K., who used the alias Vadim S., faces charges of murder and weapons violations, said prosecutors’ spokesman Markus Schmitt. The suspect’s last name wasn’t given in line with privacy laws, but it has been widely reported as Vadim Sokolov.

He’s accused of killing Zelimkhan Khangoshvili,also known as Tornike K.,gunning down the ethnically Chechen Georgian citizen in a Berlin park and then ditching …read more

Source:: KXAN

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