Pollaria’s political prisoner Statvic, but he refuses to cross the border: a senior official

A senior opposition official told Reuters that the Belarusian opposition politician Mikola Statvic refused to cross into Lithuania with other prisoners who released them after pardoning them and releasing them at the request of US President Donald Trump on Thursday.

“This is a real drama because Mikola Statvich has completely refused to leave Belarus, and they are trying to force him to go out,” said official, Franc Viacorca.

Sittvich webcam shots showed in the area of ​​the man’s absence on the border.

“He tried to return to Belarus and stop at the border,” Viakorka said in a voice message. “This shows the cruelty of the system, because they did not leave any choice for people to stay or go.”

Belarus launched 52 political prisoners on Thursday, as the United States announced that it is lifting some sanctions on the national airline for the isolated country.

Belarus, a close ally of Russia, was repeatedly slapped with Western sanctions due to the human rights campaign and to allow Moscow to use its territory to invade Ukraine in 2022.

Its president, Alexander Lukashenko, ruled a 9.5 million nation with an iron fist for more than three decades, and hundreds of people, including dissidents, opposition figures and journalists, behind bars.

But for more than a year, Lukashenko sought to reform relations with the West in the hope of eliminating sanctions and isolating the international country. Prisoners were released regularly as a way to win the good.

In June, Belarus launched the Tsikhanski Carhi, a major splinter character and the husband of the exile opposition leader Svyalana Zikhanskaya, and 13 others after a senior envoy to US President Donald Trump’s visit.

Shortly before the release of Thursday, the Belarusian government media released a video of the American envoy John Kawali announces that Washington has lifted sanctions on berus National Air Carrier, Belavia.

The airline was approved by the European Union, the United States and others after the Belarusian airlines ordered a commercial plane traveling from Greece to Lithuania to land in Minsk. Once the plane landed, the authorities arrested Raman Bratasivic, a dissident journalist on board.

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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