The chief of Belarus’s secret police, the KGB, says Ukrainian citizen Pavlo Sharoyko, who was sentenced to eight years in prison on espionage charges in May, could soon be pardoned.
RFE/RL: Belarusian KGB says Ukrainian man jailed for espionage could be pardoned
This archive photo shows Minsk-based Ukrainian journalist Pavlo Sharoyko. Sharoyko was arrested in Belarus in October 2017 and charged with being an undercover intelligence officer.