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Shaun Walker in Warsaw

German man sentenced to death in Belarus pardoned by president

Rico Krieger seen behind bars during the TV interview
Rico Krieger appeared, handcuffed, in a staged TV interview broadcast on Belarusian state media, begging the German chancellor to intervene. Photograph: Belteleradio Company/Reuters

A German man sentenced to death in Belarus has been pardoned by the country’s president, just a few days after news of the case became public. Rico Krieger, 30, was found guilty on terrorism charges in a case that was held behind closed doors and only became public last week.

Krieger, who formerly worked for the German Red Cross, was accused of placing explosives on a rail track in the country on the orders of Ukrainian intelligence.

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