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The information he was so keen to impart concerned matters relating to the UK’s nuclear deterrent,
said an intelligence source It would have been quite out of the question to let him go, even if he had expressed an interest in doing so.”
When we heard that the deal is imminent, we hoped that someone from Belarus political prisoners will surely be a part of it. First of all, of course, the jailed Nobel Peace Prize winner,
said Alena Masliukova, a member of Viasna - the human rights organisation founded by Bialiatski This was a total disappointment, and we still haven't overcome it,
said Masliukova, who now lives in exile in Vilnius, the Lithuanian capital I know his character and I am sure there is no way he would ask for pardon from Lukashenko,
said Siarhei Sys, a long-time friend They are kept in cold cells, without contact with relatives. They leave jail with damaged health,
From my first day behind bars I said I was not willing to be a part of any exchanges,
he said in an emotional news conference in Bonn on Friday during which he occasionally removed his glasses to blink back tears We will do everything to make our country free and democratic, and get all political prisoners released."
Putin showed to all his spies, killers and other people who he uses abroad that he’s like their father,
Putin has shown how important it is to him to secure the return of imprisoned Russian spies,
By including Krasikov in the deal ... said Nigel Gould-Davies, senior fellow for Russia and Eurasia at the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies Putin is sending a signal that those working abroad will have maximum protection, and that if they are arrested, the state will fight for their return and roll out the red carpet for them,
said Tatyana Stanovaya, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center The Motherland hasn’t forgotten about you for a minute,
Putin said, embracing each of them after they walked down the steps of the jetliner that ferried them home For the target audience, Putin brought back his soldiers, the heroes of a hybrid Third World War,
said Russian political analyst Konstantin Kalachev I want to congratulate you all on your return to your Motherland,
Putin beamed, assuring the group that also included cybercriminals and spies that Russia had not forgotten them for "even a minute". And the audience is not just special services, but millions who feel like citizens of a country at war with a stronger enemy,
Putin can count on them to work with greater dedication,
Russia is getting eight clumsy losers who couldn't do their job and got caught,
Navalny should have been released within days, as we had reached a decision on his exchange. In early February, Putin was offered the FSB officer Vadim Krasikov, who is serving a prison sentence in Berlin for murder, in exchange for two US citizens and Alexei Navalny."
After Navalny's death in a penal colony in February, his colleague Maria Pevchikh stated This state-sponsored murder — as determined by the court today — represents a serious violation of German law and German sovereignty."
After the verdict was announced, Germany's foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock, declared In a case involving a convicted murderer, of all people, 'power' has prevailed,