#krasikov — Public Fediverse posts
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#Kremlin’s “hostage diplomacy” pays off: ex-FSB assassin #Krasikov returns to #Moscow. The biggest post-WW2 prisoner swap initially included Alexei #Navalny, but #Putin was too angry to let him go. #fsb #news #ukrainewar #russia
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This was the first time that #Moscow had admitted that #Krasikov had been working for the Russian state in the Federal Security Service, or #FSB, an agency that is a successor to the Soviet #KGB, in which #Putin served in the early stage of his career. The FSB was also the agency that was at the center of the negotiations with the #CIA about the swap, Dmitri S. Peskov, the #Kremlin spox, said.
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The convicted #assassin who was the linchpin of the biggest prisoner swap in decades is a member of the most powerful #security agency in #Russia, the #Kremlin acknowledged Fri, & had served in a special unit w/some agents who now guard #Putin.
The ties help explain Putin’s determination to free the assassin, Vadim #Krasikov, from the #Germany prison where he was serving time for #murder.
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#Kremlin Acknowledges Convicted #Assassin Is a Russian #FSB Agent
Vadim #Krasikov, who was returned to #Russia in the big prisoner swap, received a hero’s welcome from President #Putin, along w/others who were freed.
#Russia #MafiaState #geopolitics #law #Security
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/02/world/europe/vadim-krasikov-assassin-russia-fsb.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb -
Hmmm, Herr #Krasikov wird als Tschetschenen-Mörder auch in Russland ständig über seine Schulter gucken müssen und dunkle Parks besser meiden.
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Convicted murderer Vadim #Krasikov, who was freed from German prison in a historic prisoner exchange on Aug. 1, is a Federal Security Service (#FSB) agent, #Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry #Peskov said on Aug. 2.
A German court sentenced Krasikov to life imprisonment in 2021 for the murder of Zelimkhan "Tornike" #Khangoshvili in 2019.
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#Germany said Thurs it “did not take the decision lightly” in releasing convicted Russian #assassin Vadim #Krasikov. The government said its interest in enforcing his sentence stood against the “freedom, physical well-being & — in some cases — ultimately the lives of innocent people imprisoned in #Russia & unjustly held political prisoners.”
“Our obligation to protect German citizens & solidarity with the #UnitedStates were important motivators,” the statement said. -
Returning to #Russia (8) Artem Viktorovich Dultsev (from Slovenia) Anna Valerevna Dultseva (from Slovenia) Vadim #Krasikov (from Germany) Mikhail Valeryevich Mikushin (from Norway) Pavel Alekseyevich Rubtsov (from Poland) Vladislav Klyushin (from the US) Vadim Konoshchenock (from the US) Roman Seleznev (from the US)
#Putin #MafiaState #Hostages #ForeignPolicy #journalism #InternationalLaw #HumanRights #geopolitics #law -
As the #US sought over the course of a year to extract #Gershkovich, #Whelan & others w/o offering #Krasikov in return, snr Russian #intelligence ofcls had made clear there was no deal w/o him. German ofcls eventually agreed, extracting their own price of a dozen Russian prisoners in return.
The #Biden admin has pursued a series of large prisoner swaps w/hostile countries, including last year extracting 10 Americans & a fugitive from #Venezuela & a major deal w/ #Iran….
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#CIA Dir William Burns traveled to #Turkey last week to meet his counterpart there & finalize the logistics for the swap.
At the center of the deal was #Krasikov, a convicted murderer that Russian President Vladimir #Putin had been pushing to free since 2021. The fmr #intelligence officer, a veteran of the Soviet-Afghan #war, had shot & killed a Chechen rebel leader in a Berlin park, & was serving a life sentence.
#Russia #ForeignPolicy #journalism #InternationalLaw #HumanRights #geopolitics
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Vadim #Krasikov, a fmr #intelligence officer & Russian #HitMan who was serving a life sentence for the murder of a Chechen rebel leader in Berlin.
#POTUS #Biden—about an hour before he notified the world he was dropping out of the presidential race on July 21—called the PM of #Slovenia, whose country was contributing 2 convicted Russian #spies to the swap, to secure the pardon necessary for the deal to proceed.
#Putin #Russia #MafiaState #ForeignPolicy #journalism #geopolitics #law
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Der Spiegel is reporting that, as part of a major prisoner exchange with Russia, Vadim #Krasikov , identified by German officials as a colonel in #Russia ’s #FSB intelligence service, is on a plane to Ankara in #Turkey.
He was serving a life sentence for the 2019 murder of a #Kremlin opponent in a Berlin park.
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German ofcls have refused to comment when asked if there had been any effort by #Russia to secure a #PrisonerSwap of #Krasikov.
U.S. *commentator* Tucker Carlson earlier this month asked #Putin about the prospects of exchanging #EvanGershkovich & Putin said the Kremlin was open to negotiations. He pointed to a man imprisoned in a “U.S.-allied country” for “liquidating a bandit” [#assassination] who had allegedly killed Russian soldiers during separatist fighting in Chechnya.
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German judges said #Krasikov acted on the orders of Russian authorities, who gave him a false identity, passport & resources to carry out the killing.
She didn’t identify the #UnitedStates #citizens that were supposedly part of the deal. There are several in custody in #Russia, incl’g WSJ reporter #EvanGershkovich arrested on espionage charges, & #PaulWhelan, a corporate security exec from Michigan, convicted of espionage & serving a long prison sentence.