FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Germany’s foreign office spokesperson confirmed on Tuesday that a German national in Belarus has been pardoned, according to a government spokesperson. “This news comes as a relief,” the spokesperson said via email, referring to a report from BelTA state news agency that Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has decided to pardon Rico Krieger, […]
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German foreign office confirms German national in Belarus has been pardoned
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FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Germany’s foreign office spokesperson confirmed on Tuesday that a German national in Belarus has been pardoned, according to a government spokesperson.
“This news comes as a relief,” the spokesperson said via email, referring to a report from BelTA state news agency that Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has decided to pardon Rico Krieger, a German sentenced to death on terrorism and other charges.
(Reporting by Emma-Victoria Farr, editing by Chris Reese)