{"id":98812,"date":"2024-08-02T17:44:43","date_gmt":"2024-08-02T14:44:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/98812\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"putin-lukasenka-discuss-prisoner-swap-and-work","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/98812\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin, \u0141uka\u0161enka discuss prisoner swap and work"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"756\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/telefon-president-sputnik-tolochko-1128-e1748952425660.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n        Illustration photo         <span>(Sputnik Belarus)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>August 2, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Russian President Vladimir Putin has &#8220;warmly thanked&#8221; Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka by telephone for his &#8220;participation and assistance in the [prisoner] exchange process,&#8221; said the press office of the Belarusian ruler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The two leaders also considered &#8220;work issues&#8221; they had discussed on the Valaam island during \u0141uka\u0161enka&#8217;s visit to Russia last week. Details of the meetings were not disclosed at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yesterday, the Kremlin praised the pardon of Rico Krieger, a German national sentenced to death in Belarus, as a &#8220;goodwill gesture.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rico K. has returned to Germany as part of a major prisoner swap between Russia, Belarus and Western countries, German media reported today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarus joined the exchange because it was &#8220;asked&#8221; to do so, \u0141uka\u0161enka told locals in the Homiel region&#8217;s Mazyr district this morning.<\/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\/08\/lukashenko-les-1128-2-08-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/lukashenko-les-1128-2-08-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/lukashenko-les-1128-2-08-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/lukashenko-les-1128-2-08-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/lukashenko-les-1128-2-08-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/lukashenko-les-1128-2-08.jpg 1129w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">\u0141uka\u0161enka claims Minsk was invited to join major US-Russia prisoner swap<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">August 2, Pozirk. Belarus was &quot;asked\u201d to join a major prisoner exchange between the Western countries and Russia on August 1, Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has said today during his trip to the Homiel region. &quot;We got involved and helped as much &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/98738\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 2, Pozirk. Russian President Vladimir Putin has &#8220;warmly thanked&#8221; Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka by telephone for his &#8220;participation and assistance in the [prisoner] exchange process,&#8221; said the press office of the Belarusian ruler. The two leaders also considered &#8220;work issues&#8221; they had discussed on the Valaam island during \u0141uka\u0161enka&#8217;s visit to Russia last week. 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