Germany expels diplomats after Russian found guilty of shooting man in park

A court spokeswoman talks to the media outside the court after Vadim Krasikov was found guilty (Christophe Gateau/Pool via AP)

Germany’s foreign minister said on Wednesday that her country is expelling two Russian diplomats after a 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 has been summoned to discuss the court’s finding, Baerbock said.