Lukashenko frees 123 prisoners: Nobel Peace Prize winner Bialiatski is also present.

Belarus has freed 123 prisoners, including opposition leader Maria Kolesnikova and Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski.

State media reported the news, and the news was confirmed by human rights activist groups.

Among the freed prisoners was former banker Viktor Babariko, who in 2020 dared to challenge Alexander Lukashenko in the presidential elections and found himself in prison.

A gesture of goodwill from Lukashenko, Vladimir Putin's closest and most trusted ally, who thus demonstrates his appreciation of Donald Trump's diplomatic advances.

The release comes after a series of talks between Minsk and Washington's envoy John Coale, at the end of which the US lifted the sanctions imposed on Belarusian potassium.

(Unioneonline)