Moscow, May 1, 2025 (AFP) - Belarus frees US man jailed in opposition crackdown

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2025-05-01

Belarus said Thursday it had freed an opposition figure and naturalised US citizen jailed for trying to "seize power" from authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko, an allegation that Washington called bogus. Yuras Zyankovich, 47, was arrested in April 2021 during a crackdown on opposition figures opposed to Lukashenko's rule. He was sentenced to 11 years prison for "organising a conspiracy to seize power by unconstitutional means", a charge rig......

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