Russia wants to ensure that both masterminds and perpetrators in the 2016 murder of its envoy Andrey Karlov are found and brought to justice, the Kremlin said, hours ahead of a one-on-one between the Turkish and Russian leaders.

“Indeed, we are following this case very closely, and we want to be sure that those who orchestrated and carried out the murder of the Russian ambassador to Turkey will be found and punished by law,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Thursday.

He spoke amid media reports that Turkish prosecutors have floated the idea of lifting several convicts’ charges.

While Turkey’s judicial proceedings “are none of our business,” it is crucial “that the murderers of our ambassador are punished,” Peskov reiterated.

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Source: RT