Eventually, the office of Chancellor Angela Merkel became involved and a complaint was made to the Kremlin about the lack of cooperation. On Wednesday, Ms. Merkel defended the decision to expel the Russian diplomats as a consequence of the inaction. Credit... Berlin police departmentAccording to the prosecutor, the suspect was carrying a Russian passport when arrested on Aug. 23 that the Russian authorities confirmed as authentic. But according to records in Russia, the company was founded in 2018 and was in “reorganization” at the time his visa was issued , according to the prosecutor. Mr. Khodorkovsky , the founder of the Dossier Center, said in an interview that, “The Kremlin is no longer ashamed of reasonable suspicions that it carries out murders in Western Europe.”

Source: New York Times December 04, 2019 12:57 UTC