Belarus' authoritarian president pardons German man sentenced to death on terrorism charges

Belarus is the only country in Europe that still carries out capital punishment.

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00:00A German citizen sentenced to death on terrorism charges in Belarus was granted a pardon by

00:06the country's authoritarian leader.

00:09It wasn't clear whether the decision by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko means the capital

00:15punishment will be replaced with life in prison for German Rico Krieger.

00:20Krieger was reportedly accused of photographing some of the country's military facilities

00:25and of staging an explosion at a railway station on orders from the Ukrainian special services.