Russian diplomats expelled over killings

By Associated Press

Dec 31, 2021 12:22 am

BERLIN: Germany announced on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) it is expelling two Russian diplomats after a German court concluded that Moscow was behind the killing of a Chechen man in Berlin two years ago.

Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock called the state-ordered killing a 'grave breach of German law and the sovereignty of the Federal Republic of Germany.' Russia's ambassador in Berlin was summoned to discuss the court's finding and informed of the diplomats' expulsion, she said.

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