The court said Vadim Krasikov was provided a false identity, fake passport and resources to complete the brazen killing in broad daylight.
A German court sentenced a Russian man to life in prison Wednesday after he was convicted for a 2019 killing in Berlin that judges said was ordered by federal Russian authorities.
The Kremlin has denied any connection to the killing and called the allegations"absolutely groundless." The victim's relatives, who under German law were allowed to take part in the trial as co-plaintiffs, accused Russia last week of trying to"send a message" to its political enemies by killing Khangoshvili.
"There is no doubt that Khangoshvili bears responsibility for people's deaths," Arnoldi said, citing Russian PresidentThe victim had survived an assassination attempt in Georgia before moving to Berlin in 2016, where he applied for asylum, the judge said. Judges concluded that overwhelming evidence reviewed over the course of dozens of hearings, including from 47 witnesses, left no doubt that Krasikov had carried out the killing that occurred a few hundred meters from the court.
A month before the killing, Russian authorities issued Krasikov with a fake passport under the alias Vadim Sokolov that he used to travel to Berlin, where he shot the victim repeatedly from behind with a silencer-fitted handgun near the Kleiner Tiergarten park.
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