MOSCOW, December 19. /TASS/. Russia’s Investigative Committee has instituted a criminal case over Monday’s assassination of the Ambassador to Turkey, Andrei Karlov, the committee’s official spokesperson Svetlana Petrenko told TASS.

"On the basis of the attributes of a crime punishable under Article 360 of the Russian Criminal Code (‘Attack on a representative of a foreign country enjoying state protection’), a criminal case over the attack on the ambassador to Turkey, Andrei Karlov, was instituted on Monday," she said.