The release of the prisoners, including a Nobel laureate and two opposition leaders, was part of a monthslong rapprochement between Washington and Minsk.
Category: 2. RussianAggression
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Belarus Frees Prominent Political Prisoners as U.S. Lifts Some Trade Sanctions
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Belarus frees Nobel laureate after US lifts potash sanctions
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Belarus released 123 political prisoners including a Nobel peace prize laureate on Saturday after the US agreed to lift sanctions on the country’s potash exports.
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US, Ukraine To Hold High-Stakes Berlin Peace Talks Amid Ongoing Russian Strikes
US and Ukrainian negotiators are set to meet for high-stakes peace talks in Berlin on December 14 as disagreements persist over territorial control and security guarantees and as Russia intensifies attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure sites.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is scheduled to…
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Russia Bombs Ukraine Port of Odesa Amid Peace Talks
Much of Ukraine’s largest Black Sea port was without power, heat and water on Saturday after strikes from Russia, which has shown little appetite for a deal to end the war.
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Transatlantic rupture
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Ivan Urgant Was Russia’s Late-Night King Until Putin’s War in Ukraine
Ivan Urgant was an unstoppable Russian megastar. Then he expressed opposition to President Vladimir V. Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
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Ukrainian President Tours Kupyansk Area Russia Claims To Control
Ukrainian troops in Kupyansk, in the eastern Kharkiv region, found themselves thanked in person on December 12 by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who also taunted the Kremlin in a social media post following Russian claims that the city is under their control. “The reality speaks for itself,”…
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EU freezes Russian assets ahead of pivotal Ukraine talks
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The EU froze indefinitely €210bn of Russian sovereign assets held in the bloc on Friday as Kyiv and its European allies sought to strengthen their hand at a critical phase in…
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The Full Story Behind The Viral Testimony Of A Vinnytsya Survivor
Eleven-year-old Roman Oleksiv survived the 2022 Russian air strike on Vinnytsya that killed 28 people, including his mother. His story moved an interpreter to tears at a recent European Parliament event. RFE/RL revisits the attack and his recovery.
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Putin Decree Forces Foreigners Seeking Russian Residency To Sign Army Contracts
Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued a little-publicized decree last month that requires many foreign men who seek permanent residency or citizenship to sign a contract with the military in the midst of Moscow’s war against Ukraine, an RFE/RL investigation has found.
State-run and…
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