Summary
- Vadim Krasikov, known as the “Tiergarten murderer,” was exchanged between Russia and Germany.
- Krasikov, a member of Russia’s FSB, committed a murder in Berlin in 2019 by shooting Zelimkhan Khangoshvili.
- The German court found Krasikov guilty of the murder and sentenced him to life imprisonment without parole.
- Despite being a convicted murderer, Krasikov was included in prisoner exchanges due to changes in German criminal law.