Belarus, Ales Bialiatski and Lukashenko
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Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko released 123 prisoners on Saturday in return for a further easing of sanctions by the United States.
The United States says it is lifting sanctions on Belarusian potash, signaling a thaw in relations with the isolated autocracy.
In a significant diplomatic agreement, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko released 123 prisoners, including Nobel laureate Ales Bialiatski, in exchange for the lifting of U.S. sanctions on potash.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko held talks on Friday with U.S. envoy John Coale, tasked by President Donald Trump with negotiating the release of political prisoners in Belarus, and said their meeting could help resolve certain problems.
OSLO, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Exiled Belarus opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya accused President Alexander Lukashenko on Wednesday of using political prisoners as bargaining chips and said the U.S. needs to use both incentives and pressure as it negotiates with the veteran authoritarian leader.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko freed 123 prisoners for eased U.S. sanctions, including Nobel laureate Ales Bialiatski and activist Maria Kalesnikava. These figures, jailed for opposing Lukashenko's regime,
More than 100 of the criminals pardoned by the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko were sent to Ukraine in exchange for wounded Russians and captured Belarusians. This was announced on December 13 by the press secretary of the Belarusian president Natalia Eismont.
Kalesnikava, now 43, was a flautist who spent 12 years living in Germany before making what she called an unlikely and unexpected entry into politics.
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