Belarusian opposition leader: Don’t mistake prisoner releases for political change

The Trump administration has offered Alexander Lukashenko an end to international isolation: In return for releasing hundreds of political prisoners, Belarus is getting increased sanctions relief. Lukashenko has ruled Belarus, a former Soviet republic bordering Russia and Ukraine, since 1994. Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Belarus’s opposition leader in exile, welcomes the negotiations. Her husband was among those […]

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