Have Russian Hitmen Been Killing With Impunity in Turkey?
A series of assassinations has taken place in Turkey of men from the countries of the former USSR. There’s evidence that some were carried out by killers from Russia, writes Murad Batal - including, in one case, names, photographs and a memory stick carelessly left behind for Turkish police to study.
Ruslan Israpilov knew the Russians might come for him.
“They’ve been preparing something,” he said in a message left on a friend’s voicemail in late April. “Those two men they came here and hid their car among the trees and did surveillance. They’ve been seen here.”
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