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President of Belarus pardoned German death row inmate

After issuing a death sentence against a German, Belarus showed willingness to negotiate. Now, the president has pardoned the convict.

,   and  Viktoria Klein
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The President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, let the convicted German off with his life
The President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, let the convicted German off with his life

- President of Belarus pardoned German death row inmate

The President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, has pardoned the German national Rico K., who was sentenced to death. The Belarusian news agency Belta reported this on Tuesday. According to Belarusian media reports, K. admitted, among other things, to having photographed military facilities on behalf of the Ukrainian security service SBU.

More on this soon at stern.de.

The Belarusian President, in his decision, stated that the information about Rico K.'s pardon was to be found in the following report by the Belarusian news agency, Belta. Following the admission from K., it was revealed that he had taken photographs of military facilities for the Ukrainian security service, SBU.

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