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The release of the prisoners, including a Nobel laureate and two opposition leaders, was part of a monthslong rapprochement between Washington and Minsk.
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Belarus freed 123 political prisoners in exchange for relaxed sanctions, according to state news agency Belta and the presidential press service.
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Opposition activist Maria Kolesnikova is among those released in exchange for a deal with the US.
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The U.S. envoy said that normalizing relations between Washington and Minsk was "our goal."
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