AP PROVIDES ACCESS TO THIS PUBLICLY DISTRIBUTED GRAB FROM FOOTAGE PROVIDED BY THE BELARUSIAN ONT CHANNEL. AP CANNOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH IT WAS SHOT, NOR THE VERACITY OF WHAT PRATASEVICH SAYS. FILE
FILE - In this grab taken from video released by Belarusian state-controlled ONT Channel on Thursday, June 3, 2021, dissident journalist Raman Pratasevich reacts during his interview with Belarusian ONT Channel in Minsk, Belarus. The Belarusian state news agency on Monday reported that a dissident journalist who was pulled off a flight that was forced to land in the capital and later sentenced to eight years in prison says he has received a presidential pardon. "I literally just signed all the relevant documents that I was pardoned. This, of course, is just great news," Raman Pratasevich was quoted as saying by the news agency Belta. (ONT channel via AP, File)