Berlin last week expelled two Russian diplomats following a man’s life sentence for the murder of a Chechen opponent.
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Russian diplomacy announced Monday, December 20, the expulsion of two German diplomats in response to a similar measure taken last week by Berlin, which accuses Moscow of having ordered the assassination of a Chechen opponent in Germany in 2019.
“The Russian side categorically rejects the unfounded and disconnected accusations of the involvement of Russian state structures in this crime”, said the Russian Foreign Ministry, in a statement announcing the expulsion of the two German diplomats.
On Monday afternoon, Berlin claimed that the expulsion of its two diplomats would “weigh even more on the relationship” bilateral with Moscow. “The government [allemand] aspires to trade with Russia on the basis of international law and mutual respect “, said a spokesman for the German Foreign Ministry.