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The self-proclaimed leader of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, decided today, July 30, to pardon German citizen Rico Krieger. The German national had been sentenced to death in Belarus, according to the Belarusian state agency BELTA and Sputnik Belarus. Lukashenko’s press service reported that the self-proclaimed leader of Belarus decided to pardon the German citizen. “The head of state, taking into account all circumstances, has decided to grant clemency,” the press service of Lukashenko stated. After the death sentence for Krieger became legally binding, the German citizen submitted a clemency…

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