"We took a positive view and, of course, we are grateful to our Belarusian friends for the decision. Such decisions, of course, are entirely in unison with our fraternal, friendly and allied nature of relations," the Kremlin spokesman told reporters.
On June 7, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko pardoned Sofia Sapega, who was sentenced to six years in prison in the republic.
The Russian woman was charged with a number of crimes, including inciting social hatred and discord, organizing violence and threatening to use it against an employee of the internal affairs bodies, interfering in the activities of an employee of the internal affairs bodies.
Sapega herself, after the pardon, noted that she received a second chance, which "was not given to many." Sapieha considers herself very lucky.