Author: Nikita Jolkver
The “Tiergarten Murderer” – A Closer Look at Vadim Krasikov Vadim Krasikov, infamous as the “Tiergarten murderer” in Germany, made headlines as one of the Russian citizens freed in a recent prisoner swap. Convicted of life imprisonment for a murder in Berlin, Krasikov turned out to be an FSB member, as confirmed by the Kremlin. His victim, Zelimkhan Khangoshvili, a former Chechen field commander seeking asylum in Germany, was gunned down in broad daylight. The investigation revealed Krasikov’s true identity and his connections to Russian intelligence agencies. Despite being sentenced to life without parole, a provision in German law allowed…
The ‘Tiergarten Murderer’: A State-Sponsored Hit Vadim Krasikov, known as the “Tiergarten murderer,” made headlines as he was the first to be swapped in a prisoner exchange between Russia and the West, landing back in Moscow after being embraced by President Putin. Krasikov, a convicted murderer and member of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), had been serving a life sentence in Germany for the daylight assassination of Zelimkhan Khangoshvili, a Georgian citizen with Chechen ties. The brazen murder in Berlin’s Kleiner Tiergarten park caught international attention, leading to a lengthy trial that resulted in Krasikov’s conviction and life imprisonment without…