Belarus releases Nobel laureate Bialiatsky and opposition figure Kolesnikova as the US lifts sanctions
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Belarus released Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatsky, major opposition figure Maria Kolesnikova and dozens of other political prisoners on Saturday, concluding two days of talks with Washington aimed at improving relations and lifting crippling U.S. sanctions on key Belarusian agricultural exports. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko pardoned 123 prisoners in Belarus…
