{"id":97616,"date":"2024-07-26T13:48:44","date_gmt":"2024-07-26T10:48:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/97616\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"belarus-1-tv-broadcasts-confession-of-german-paramedic-on-death-row","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/97616\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus 1 TV broadcasts \u201cconfession\u201d of German paramedic on death row"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1129\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/krieger-bt-1128-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/krieger-bt-1128-1.jpg 1129w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/krieger-bt-1128-1-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/krieger-bt-1128-1-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/krieger-bt-1128-1-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/krieger-bt-1128-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1129px) 100vw, 1129px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Screenshot)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>July 26, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> On Thursday evening, the state-run <em>Belarus 1<\/em> TV channel aired a 17-minute long video clip entitled \u201cConfession of a German Terrorist Sentenced to Death.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It features a speech by German national Rico Krieger, the first foreigner sentenced to death in Belarus since at least 2009.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The voice-over said that media reports on Krieger&#8217;s story contain \u201ca lot of misleading information\u201d and claimed German authorities of \u201cbeing silent.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The video was aired a week after the Belarusian foreign office confirmed that it had discussions with the German foreign ministry over Krieger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the past few years, Belarus has grappled with \u201cinformational and real terror\u201d with the growing number of \u201cterrorist crimes\u201d prompting Minsk to introduce the death penalty for a terrorist act \u201cregardless of the consequences,\u201d the piece said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Krieger is \u201cnot an accidental victim\u201d but carried out &#8220;a terrorist act&#8221; wittingly on instructions from the Ukrainian security services, the clip\u2019s authors claimed without specifying what crime he has committed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The video showed some explosion on the railroad without attributing it to Krieger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On July 19, the Viasna Human Rights Center confirmed that the Minsk Regional Court had sentenced the 30-year-old German national to death on June 24.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Krieger was charged with illegal handling of firearms, deliberate disabling of communication lines, association with an extremist group, an act of terrorism and mercenarism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/mid_belarusi_zdanie_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/mid_belarusi_zdanie_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/mid_belarusi_zdanie_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/mid_belarusi_zdanie_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/mid_belarusi_zdanie_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/mid_belarusi_zdanie_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Germany news<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Germany news, Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Minsk, Berlin in talks over death sentence for German man<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">July 20, Pozirk. The Belarusian foreign ministry has indicated that discussions have been held with the German foreign office regarding the situation of a German citizen convicted in Belarus of terrorism and mercenarism. The ministry has not named the man, &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/96637\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 26, Pozirk. On Thursday evening, the state-run Belarus 1 TV channel aired a 17-minute long video clip entitled \u201cConfession of a German Terrorist Sentenced to Death.\u201d It features a speech by German national Rico Krieger, the first foreigner sentenced to death in Belarus since at least 2009. 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