The husband of the opposition leader in Belarus Sergei Tikhanskki was released from prison

The husband of the Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanskkaya was released unexpectedly from prison in Belarus, along with other political prisoners.

Sergey Tikhanski was transferred to Lithuania and has not included him with his wife, who lives in exile in the capital, Felnis.

It is understood that at least 10 prisoners were released in total, including former RFE journalist IHAR KARNEI.

The sudden version came when the US special envoy Keith Mingk visited on Saturday and held a meeting with the Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.

Footage on the social media appear by the representatives of Tikhanovskaya for the couple smiling and embracing, and it appears that Tikhanski has lost a lot of weight in the reservation.

“My husband … free! It is difficult to describe joy in my heart.”

She added that thanks to Donald Trump and Kelog and “all European allies” for their efforts to release her husband: “We have not finished. 1150 political prisoners remain behind bars.

Among the other prisoners who were issued are five Belarusian citizens, Japanese citizens, Polish and Swedish, according to the Tikhanskaya office. In a statement issued by X, Lithuanian Foreign Minister said that the 14 political prisoners were receiving care in Lithuania.

Her sister confirmed that Maria Colinnikova, one of the best well -known opposition leaders who were imprisoned after the 2020 mass protests, is still in prison.

Tikhanovskaya stood in the August 2020 elections after her husband, former blogger and presidential candidate Tikhanski were detained. He was imprisoned for 18 years in 2021.

His wife ran in his place and claimed victory in opinion polls, which he was widely believed to be forgery by Lukashenko supporters, but she was. Exile With her children the next day to vote.

Since then, it has led efforts to resist Lukashenko, which has been in power since 1994.

It is estimated that hundreds of thousands of Belarus have left their country since the brutal campaign against widespread opposition protests in 2020.

Tens of thousands of people in the country have been arrested in the past five years for political reasons, according to the Viasna Human Rights Group.