Russian FSB officer likely ‘assisted’ in 2019 Berlin murder: report
By DW
31 August 2020 |
2:16 pm
The hitman who murdered a Georgian man in a central Berlin park last year likely had help from a Russian FSB officer, according to a media investigation. The brazen murder soured relations between Germany and Russia.
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