Germany/Russia - Berlin: New Evidence on Suspected FSB Hitman Passed to German Investigators

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In a series of investigations in 2019 and 2020, Bellingcat, along with its investigative partners The Insider and Der Spiegel, identified the person suspected in the August 2019 assassination of Georgian asylum seeker Zelimkhan Khangoshvili in Berlin. The suspected assassin, who traveled to Berlin under the name of Vadim Sokolov, a Russian citizen, was arrested by Berlin police shortly after the killing and is currently on trial at the Berlin appellate court (Kammergericht).

Berlin Assassination: New Evidence on Suspected FSB Hitman Passed to German Investigators - bellingcat