Berlin said it took part in exchange involving Vadim Krasikov to support US and protect German nationals
The German government has said it did not take the decision to release a jailed FSB hitman lightly, as it confirmed its involvement in a historic prisoner exchange between
“Our duty to protect German nationals as well as solidarity with the USA were important motivations,” he said. Sentencing Krasikov in 2021, the Berlin court called the killing “state-ordered murder”, a claim that Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, and the Kremlin denied. However, German government representatives had long resisted the overture, reportedly floated by US diplomats, given the severity of Krasikov’s crime and the independence of the justice system.
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