Lukashenko fulfilled his promise to Ukraine
04.10.2019 15:47
(Moscow time), Moscow
Pavel Sharoiko, convicted in Belarus for espionage, was pardoned and released.
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky announced this today in Zhitomir, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“Journalist Pavel Sharoiko, sentenced to 8 years in Belarus, was pardoned and is already home in Ukraine,” Zelensky said.
Yesterday, Belarusian Yuri Politician, who was accused of espionage in Ukraine, was released from custody by decision of the Novozavodsky Court of Chernigov. This was the main condition of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko for pardoning Sharoiko, who was sentenced to 8 years also for espionage.
Lukashenko and Zelensky met today in Zhitomir at the Forum of Regions of Belarus and Ukraine.
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