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 not that i can talk about it is all that up in the industry. in august a georgia national was shot from berlin in broad daylight soon enough to be assassination suspicions arose that the russian intelligence services were involved the victim was a formal rebel commander in the early 2000 he fought against russia in 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 these are absolutely groundless assumptions. germany s interior minister. told reporters the investigation was ongoing.
believing russian intelligence to be responsible moscow denies involvement and says it will retaliate for the expulsions. this decision could mark a new escalation in relations between russia and western countries german chancellor angela merkel has defended the expulsion of russian diplomats after germany s federal prosecutor general said evidence points to russian state involvement. i ll be needing 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. and contact through all that up in the bush. in august to georgia national was shot in berlin in broad daylight soon after the assassination suspicions arose that the russian intelligence services were involved the victim was a formal rebel commander in the early 2000 he fought