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Putin鈥檚 Blood Feud

Charles McPhedran investigates the truth behind a state-sponsored murder.

In 2019, a Georgian Chechen asylum seeker called Zhelimkhan Khangoshvili was gunned down on the streets of Berlin. The killing was an assassination by a member of Russia's secret services, for which a German court has found Vladimir Putin was responsible. But why was the victim - a relative unknown - a target worth risking a diplomatic incident to murder?

Investigative journalist Charles McPhedran reveals a true spy story, untangling the story of Zhelimkhan's life and the Russian regime's obsession with revenge.

Producer: Robert Nicholson

A Whistledown production for 成人快手 Radio 4

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42 minutes

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