Berlin said it took part in exchange involving Vadim Krasikov to support US and protect German nationals
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The German government has said it had not taken the decision to release a jailed FSB hitman lightly, as it confirmed its involvement in a historic prisoner exchange between Russia and the west.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s spokesperson Steffen Hebestreit said the deal – involving the release of Vadim Krasikov, convicted in Germany for murder – had been arranged “in close and trusting cooperation with the United States and European partners” making it possible “to secure the release of 15 people who were unlawfully detained in Russia and a German national [Rico Krieger] who had been sentenced to death in Belarus.”
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/01/germany-vadim-krasikov-prisoner-swap-decision
Author : Deborah Cole in Berlin
Publish date : 2024-08-01 17:58:22
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