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Zelimkhan Khangoshvili's killer identified by journalists

Zelimkhan Khangoshvili's killer identified by journalists
Zelimkhan Khangoshvili's killer identified by journalists

Georgian citizen Zelimkhan Khargoshvili has proven to be murdered by Vadim Krasikov, with his identity having been determined through journalistic investigation held by Bellingcat together with Spiegel, The Insider and Dossier Center.

Spiegel reports that the German authorities were able to identify the true identity of the killer through matching him to a Russian citizen previously wanted by the Russian state on an Interpol red notice, which however was later withdrawn. That person had been wanted over the murder of a Russian businessman in 2013.

"Independently from the findings of the German authorities, our investigative team has independently verified that the real identity of the Berlin assassin who traveled under the fake identity of Vadim Sokolov is in fact Vadim Nikolaevich Krasikov. Vadim Krasikov was born on 10 August 1965, and not in 1970 as per his cover identity. In 19 June 2013, Krasikov was the key suspect in the murder a Russian businessman who had been the subject of several previous assassination attempts. The murder in Moscow was similar in many respects to the Berlin assassination – the killer had approached his target on a bicycle, had shot at him with a hand gun at close range, both in the back and in the head, and had left on his bike," says Spiegel.  

Zelimkhan Khangoshvili was murdered on Aug 23 in Berlin. The Berlin police detained a Russian citizen over Khangoshvili's murder, with his name being unknown so far.

Khangoshvili's family was granted political asylum in Germany. 

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