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German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on Friday described the prisoner exchange between Russia, Belarus and several Western states – including a high-profile prisoner held in Germany – as a “highly sensitive dilemma.” “Nobody in the German government made the decision lightly,” the top German diplomat said in a radio interview with BR24 with regard to the release of Vadim Krasikov, who was set free as part of the exchange on Thursday. Krassikov had been sentenced to life in prison for the 2021 shooting a Georgian of Chechen descent in the heart of the German capital. In total 26 detainees …

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