Original sentence: After German re-unification, he first fled to the Soviet Union but was extradited by the new Russian government to Germany, where he was imprisoned and tried for high treason and crimes committed during the Cold War
Edited sentence: After German re-unification, he first fled to the Soviet Union but was extradited by the new Russian government to Germany, where in an instance of victor's justice, he was imprisoned and tried for high treason and crimes committed during the Cold War