Managed by for our part. This is news live from perth in germany to Russian Diplomats of an alleged murder plot. This was the victim a former kitchens Rebel Commander gunned down in broad daylight in a building and prosecutors suspect russian State Involvement moscow says he will retaliate also coming up. Fresh ammunition for u. S. Democrats in a drive to impeach President Trump legal scholars tell us the trump committed
Impeachable Offenses by pressuring ukraines president for his own political gain and i. Believe its wrapped up a contentious anniversary meeting in london with a show of unity thanks great to spend more on the fence and a greed that china is a major brits deficients within the alliance from night and frustrations with u. S. President trump would like big. Im Anthony Howard thanks for joining us a Murder Investigation here in berlin is now a full blown demick diplomatic route the storm between germany and russia it began with the killing of former Chechen Rebel commande
a bike and that victim was also shot in the head and then if we look also a little closer as well to some of the circumstances around the victim in this case here in berlin german prosecutors have said that the victim was classified as a terrorist by russian author it is and was persecuted as such the victim had actually tried to seek asylum here after several attempts on his life in georgia he fought as we had there in their reports as a separatist in the 2nd chechen war in the early 2000 and we actually are actually spoke to his ex-wife earlier this year as well who said that we were warned that something like this would happen in the end so there are lots of indicators at the minute to suggest this but as you say the investigation is still going ok and moscow s not going to cooperate in this investigation that says it s innocent in spite of all the indicators we ve just been talking about that it hasn t rebutted and moscow says it s going to retaliate what form might that retaliatio
assassination suspicions arose that the russian intelligence services were involved the victim was a former rebel commander in the early 2040 against russia and the 2nd chechen war the suspected killer is a 49 year old russian currently in custody moscow denies any involvement in the killing. the investigation is underway in germany we don t have anything to say because we don t possess any information relation to this incident have to the russian authorities are absolutely groundless assumptions. gemini s interior minister. told reporters the investigation was ongoing. there was a criminal process that deals with this kind of thing and in the case of a crime of this magnitude and with this background i can only think of the attorney general that he has taken it that say something about the significance of this
a terrorist by russian or thursdays and was persecuted as such so the victim had actually tried to seek asylum here after several attempts on his life in georgia he fought as we had there in their reports as a separatist in the 2nd chechen war in the early 2000 and we actually have either actually spoke to his ex-wife earlier this year as well who said that we were warned that something like this would happen in the end so there are lots of indicators at the minute to suggest this but as you say the investigation is still going ok and moscow s not going to cooperate in this investigation and says it s innocent in spite of all the indicators we ve just been talking about that it hasn t rebutted and moscow says it s going to retaliate what form might that retaliation take. well of course we don t actually know yet but russia s strategy with these sort of diplomatic spots has been and with most things
this decision could escalate tensions between russia and western countries german chancellor angela merkel has defended the expulsion of russian diplomats after germany s attorney general said evidence points to russian state involvement with. a meeting the russian president next week and then i will let you know whether i have spoken with him and how that goes and we ve taken this measure as you know mainly because we have seen that russia is not supporting us in investigating this murder and of course i ve spoken with allies about this through bilateral contacts . through all that. you know guest a georgian national was shot dead in berlin in broad daylight soon after the assassination suspicions arose that the russian intelligence services were involved the victim was a former rebel commander in the early 2040 against russia and the 2nd chechen war