People appear against political persecution in front of the Belarusian embassy on January 26, 2025.
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The White House says Belarus has freed three prisoners, including an American and an employee of a radio station funded by the United States. The edition comes a day after the American teacher Mark Vogel was released from prison in Russia.
The United States launched the release of Alexander Phoenic, a convicted Russian money laundering, in exchange for Vogel, who spent three years in prison to bring medical marijuana to Russia.
On Tuesday, White House press secretary Caroline Levitt confirmed the separate deal with the Russian neighbor Pyllieria, saying: “She talks about President Trump’s ability to conclude a deal, and we can confirm the safe version of one American and two Belarus, one of whom worked for freedom radio.”
She did not get to know individuals, but Radio Europe/Radio Freedom thanked the Trump administration for obtaining its employee André Coznik After more than three years in prison. (IHAR LOSIK, another RFE/RL employee, is still behind bars in the previous Soviet state).
On Telegram channel, Nexta, the Belarusian opposition port, Select the last Pillarosian that was released As activist Alena Movchuk, who has been seized with regard to her participation in the 2020 protests against the re -election of the President of Carmeen Alexander Lukashenko.
Last month, the Trump administration celebrated what it described as the “unilateral version” of another American citizen of prison in Belarus. In a post to the X social media platform, Foreign Minister Marco Rubio, USA, identified that she was Anastasia Nour – and claimed that she was detained by Belarus during the Biden administration, without providing details. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs later indicated that Nuhfer was arrested in December last year.
She was released on the same day that Lucashinko was to win a seventh term in his post, and extend his 31 -year contract to the country. However, Nurfar’s launch follows a series of last amnesty of political prisoners Lukashenko.
Analysts say that the moves indicate an attempt by the Belarusian leader to re -launch with the next West from the sanctions imposed on repression at home and his support for Russia’s actions in neighboring Ukraine.