Video: Belarus frees prisoners after US lifts potash sanctions

Al JazeeraCenterEN 1 min read 100% complete December 14, 2025 at 12:11 PM

Video: Belarus frees prisoners after US lifts potash sanctions

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Following the lifting of US sanctions on potash, Belarus released prisoners, including Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatsky and activist Maria Kolesnikova, on December 14, 2025. The prisoners were reunited with their families in Ukraine and Lithuania. The release was part of a deal with the US related to the sanctions relief. The specific reasons for the US lifting the potash sanctions to secure the prisoners' release were not detailed in the article. The article highlights the reunions of the freed individuals with their loved ones after their imprisonment in Belarus.

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Lithuania 50% Ukraine 60% Maria Kolesnikova 70% Belarus 70% Ales Bialiatsky ×280% United States ×280%

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prisoner release 90% sanctions relief 80% belarus 70% us 60% potash sanctions 60% ales bialiatsky 50% maria kolesnikova 50% lithuania 40% ukraine 40%

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Belarus

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