Russian goes on trial for suspected state-backed murder in Berlin

A general view shows the courtroom at the beginning of the trial of defendant Vadim K., accused of killing a former Chechen commander in Berlin's Kleiner Tiergarten park in August 2019, in Berlin, Germany October 7, 2020. Odd Andersen/Pool via...more

Federal Public Prosecutor Ronald Georg gives a statement outside the courtroom on the first day of the trial of Vadim K., accused of killing a former Chechen commander in Berlin's Kleiner Tiergarten park in August 2019, in Berlin, Germany October 7,...more

Judge Olaf Arnoldi sits in the courtroom at the beginning of the trial of defendant Vadim K., accused of killing a former Chechen commander in Berlin's Kleiner Tiergarten park in August 2019, in Berlin, Germany October 7, 2020. Odd Andersen/Pool via...more

Joint plaintiffs sit in the courtroom at the beginning of the trial of defendant Vadim K., accused of killing a former Chechen commander in Berlin's Kleiner Tiergarten park in August 2019, in Berlin, Germany October 7, 2020. Odd Andersen/Pool via...more

Judge Olaf Arnoldi (R) and colleagues take their seats in the courtroom at the beginning of the trial of defendant Vadim K., accused of killing a former Chechen commander in Berlin's Kleiner Tiergarten park in August 2019, in Berlin, Germany October...more