Russia-West prisoner swap: Freedom of “innocents” outweighs punishing Russian hitman, Scholz says
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Published 2024-08-02
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said the state’s interest in seeing Krasikov punished “had to be weighed against the danger to the bodies and in some cases the lives of innocent people in prison in Russia and political prisoners.”
Krasikov was serving a life sentence for murdering a Georgian citizen in a Berlin park in 2019.
Between the seven participating nations, 24 prisoners were freed, including members of the German opposition, Wall Street Journalist Evan Gershkovich and Canadian-American ex-Marine Paul Whelan.
While many Russians were happy to have Krasikov — who is often considered a hero and “real patriot” — back in the “motherland,” some German’s felt swapping a “hardcore criminal” for reporters and politicians was a “compromise” to save “innocent lives.”
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All Comments (11)
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wrongfull conviction,,how do we know that..
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ah yes, your conscience is worth the life of everyone else you now put in danger
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NATO gettin rekt
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Spying is a dangerous job. Thank you for your service.
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What about "innocent' Israel/US military personel who killed a person in Iran just recently?
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🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Putin is so short, he'd shop at GAP Kids if they did business in Russia
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What about the freedom and well-being of his future victims? Don't they count for anything? Or did you think he would immediately become an upstanding member of the community?
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Putin is taking a page from the Chinese 🇨🇳 book about arbitrary detention for bargaining.
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Pulter looking weak and desperate 😂
