{"id":98454,"date":"2024-07-31T20:00:16","date_gmt":"2024-07-31T17:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/98454\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"belpol-krieger-deceived-by-belarusian-security-agents","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/98454\/","title":{"rendered":"BelPol: Krieger deceived by Belarusian security agents"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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July 31, Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>Rico Krieger, a German national sentenced to death and pardoned yesterday in Belarus, is a victim of Belarusian security agencies\u2019 deceptive operation, said BelPol, an association of former law enforcers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Krieger has not committed any act of terror; the criminal case against him was completely fabricated; and his arrest was nothing but hostage taking by the \u201ccriminal Minsk regime,\u201d BelPol said, citing its investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It said that Krieger might have wanted to join the Ukrainian Armed Forces but sent his message to a fake chat set up by Belarusian law enforcers who deceived him into coming to Belarus for a test assignment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BelPol said that the Belarusian law enforcers fully controlled him upon arrival. Belarus 1<\/em>, a state-controlled propaganda television network, claimed that Krieger was in contact with officers of the Security Service of Ukraine. BelPol doubts that this is true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the final stage of the deceptive operation, the law enforcers told him to take a bag with explosives to a railroad station outside Minsk. The law enforcers detonated it, causing minor damage to tracks, which was fixed within two hours, BelPol said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Investigators charged Krieger with an act of terror, which he did not carry out, BelPol stressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The association urged the West to stop coddling the \u0141uka\u0161enka regime and close the Belarusian border for cargo traffic until he releases all political prisoners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Judge Aleh \u0141apieka of the Minsk Regional Court sentenced Krieger to death on June 24 after finding him guilty of illegal handling of firearms, deliberate disabling of a vehicle or lines of communication, association with an extremist group, committing an act of terrorism, conducting covert operations and mercenarism, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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