Rico Krieger admits role in Ukrainian plot and pleads for German chancellor to save him during broadcast
A German man sentenced to death in Belarus has appeared on state television in the country, in tears and begging the German government to intervene in his case.
“Mr Scholz, please, I am still alive … it is not yet too late,” said Rico Krieger, who was pictured handcuffed inside a cell, appealing to the German chancellor, Olaf Scholz.
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