{"id":178095,"date":"2024-08-23T21:01:30","date_gmt":"2024-08-23T20:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-germany-investigates-man-released-in-prisoner-swap-with-russia-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2024-08-23T21:01:30","modified_gmt":"2024-08-23T20:01:30","slug":"why-germany-investigates-man-released-in-prisoner-swap-with-russia-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-germany-investigates-man-released-in-prisoner-swap-with-russia-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Germany investigates man released in prisoner swap with Russia | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/ws-25yaUsCc\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Why Germany investigates man released in prisoner swap with Russia | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ws-25yaUsCc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>A German citizen who was freed in exchange for Russian agents in a prisoner swap earlier this month is now under investigation. German prosecutors are looking into allegations that the man \u2014 known as Rico K \u2014 was responsible for an explosion.<br \/>\nHe was among Western prisoners \u2014 along with the US reporter Evan Gershkovich \u2014 released earlier this month. He was sentenced to death in Belarus on terrorism charges, but later pardoned by its leader Alexander Lukashenko. Rico K was seen on Belarusian television apparently confessing to working for Ukrainian intelligence services.<\/p>\n<p>#russia #prisoner #germany<br \/>\nSubscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<br \/>\nFollow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTwitch: https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/dwnews_hangout<br \/>\nF\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A German citizen who was freed in exchange for Russian agents in a prisoner swap earlier this month is now under investigation. German prosecutors are looking into allegations that the man \u2014 known as Rico K \u2014 was responsible for an explosion. 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