Eduard Bendersky, a hunting enthusiast, heads a fund for
former FSB officers and was in communication with the alleged assassin
Russia’s Federal Security Service trained and guided the alleged assassin of a former Chechen rebel in Germany, according to an investigation that is likely to stoke tensions between Moscow and European governments.
Vadim Krasikov, 54, made numerous visits to secret Federal Security Service (FSB) training facilities and was in frequent contact with a Russian special forces veterans’ group, the Vympel Association, in the weeks before the murder, the Bellingcat investigative website found.
The disclosure appears to be further confirmation that the Kremlin is prepared to attack opponents and “traitors” abroad, after the attempt by GRU military intelligence officers to poison the former MI6 informer Sergei Skripal in Salisbury in March 2018.
