Russian President Vladimir Putin signed decrees to grant pardons to American citizens and others held in Russia in Thursday’s prisoner swap, the Kremlin said.
The decrees pardoned Americans Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan, Alsu Kurmasheva and permanent resident Vladimir Kara-Murza.
Putin also pardoned German citizens Kevin Lick, Demuri (Dieter) Voronin, Lilia Chanysheva, Vadim Ostanin, Ksenia Fadeeva, Alexandra Skochilenko, Ilya Yashin, Andrei Pivovarov and Oleg Orlov.
“The decision to sign the decrees was made with the aim of returning citizens of the Russian Federation who were detained and arrested on the territory of foreign states,” the Russian government statement highlighted.
The Kremlin thanked Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko for pardoning German citizen Rico Krieger, who was previously sentenced to death in Belarus and was part of the prisoner exchange. The Belarusian presidency announced on Tuesday (30) that Krieger had been pardoned.
Source: CNN Brasil
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