Posted in NEWS Russia pardoned Zambian student to fight in Ukraine, where he was killed: foreign minister December 9, 2022 Kakubo said Russia’s Foreign Affairs Minister Sergei Lavrov told him by telephone that Nyirenda was pardoned on Aug. 23 to join the military operation, in exchange for an amnesty. https://nypost.com/2022/12/09/russia-pardoned-zambian-prisoner-lemekhani-nyirendato-to-fight-in-ukraine/