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Belarus Frees 52 Political Prisoners and Gets a Warm Thank-You From Trump

The release came as Aleksandr Lukashenko, the country’s authoritarian leader and an ally of President Vladimir Putin of Russia, seeks to normalize ties with the Trump administration.

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John Coale, a U.S. envoy, right, said that the State Department hoped to reopen its embassy in Minsk, the capital of Belarus.
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