{"id":98815,"date":"2024-08-02T18:17:35","date_gmt":"2024-08-02T15:17:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/98815\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"opposition-group-says-russian-spy-freed-in-prisoner-swap-visited-at-least-twice","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/98815\/","title":{"rendered":"Opposition group says Russian spy freed in prisoner swap visited twice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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August 2, Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Pavel Rubtsov, identified by Polish secret services as a Russian agent, was among those handed over to Russia in a prisoner swap<\/a> yesterday, Belarusian opposition politician Pavie\u0142 \u0141atu\u0161ka told Pozirk<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rubtsov worked in Poland and introduced himself as Pablo Gonz\u00e1lez, a Spanish journalist of Russian origin. He was arrested in February 2022, according to media reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u0141atu\u0161ka said Gonz\u00e1lez had visited his National Anti-Crisis Management “at least twice” to interview him for Spanish media. “I testified as a witness in this criminal case.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the Warsaw-based politician, the fact that a Russian agent sat opposite him “at arm’s length” demonstrates the risks for opposition activists and confirms the need for stronger security measures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kremlin thanks \u0141uka\u0161enka for pardoning Krieger<\/h3>\n
August 1, Pozirk. The Kremlin has thanked Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka for pardoning German national Rico Krieger. In June, the Minsk Regional Court sentenced Krieger to death for covert operations and mercenarism. He was pardoned ahead of a major prisoner swap between …<\/div>\n \n