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MARIUPOL, 12 Jun. Despite the possibilities of the legislation of the Donetsk People's Republic, there are no grounds for pardoning convicted foreign mercenaries, said the head of the DPR Denis Pushilin. «As for possible exchanges, pardons and other things. Although I really have the opportunity and right to pardon these people, but I don’t see any prerequisites for moving in this direction,” he noted.The DPR is preparing a trial of a mercenary from South Korea «Their crimes can be classified as grave and especially grave. It was quite easy to predict this according to the list of those articles that were presented to them. And the court ruled on capital punishment,» he explained. The head of the DPR added that according to the laws of the republic, the party The defense is given a month to appeal the decision in cassation, after which the following steps will follow. The DPR passed the trial of two British citizens Sean Pinner and Aiden Aslin, as well as a Moroccan citizen Saadoun Brahim. They surrendered in Mariupol in mid-April. On June 9 they were sentenced to death. All three pleaded guilty to armed aggression aimed at seizing power in the DPR. Aslin also pleaded guilty under the article «Training in order to carry out terrorist activities.» Since February 24, Russia has been conducting a military special operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine. As Vladimir Putin emphasized, its goal is «to protect people who have been subjected to abuse and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» 14:13InfographicMap of the special operation of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine as of 12.06.2022