{"id":98650,"date":"2024-08-01T22:35:44","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T19:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/98650\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"kremlin-thanks-lukasenka-for-pardoning-krieger","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/98650\/","title":{"rendered":"Kremlin thanks \u0141uka\u0161enka for pardoning Krieger"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>August 1, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> The Kremlin has thanked Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka for pardoning German national Rico Krieger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In June, the Minsk Regional Court sentenced Krieger to death for covert operations and mercenarism. He was pardoned ahead of a major prisoner swap between Russia, the United States, Germany and Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a press release tonight, the Kremlin described the pardon as a &#8220;goodwill gesture.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Vladimir Putin, for his part, pardoned <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> reporter Evan Gershkovich, US Marine veteran Paul Whelan, Russian opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza and several others in exchange for &#8220;Russian citizens who were detained and imprisoned in foreign countries.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) released footage of Krieger and other pardoned prisoners boarding a plane for Turkey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/krieger-sb-1128-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/krieger-sb-1128-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/krieger-sb-1128-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/krieger-sb-1128-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/krieger-sb-1128-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/krieger-sb-1128.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Krieger released in major prisoner swap &#8211; report<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">August 1, Pozirk. Rico Krieger, a German national sentenced to death in Belarus and pardoned by Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka last month, has been released in a major prisoner swap between Russia, the United States, Germany and Belarus, The Insider reported. The &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/98610\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 1, Pozirk. The Kremlin has thanked Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka for pardoning German national Rico Krieger. In June, the Minsk Regional Court sentenced Krieger to death for covert operations and mercenarism. He was pardoned ahead of a major prisoner swap between Russia, the United States, Germany and Belarus. 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