The Belarusian government announced Saturday that it has released 123 people, including foreigners, a Nobel Prize winner and several political opposition leaders, who were being held in prison on "espionage, terrorism, and extremism" charges. Belarusian government officials said in a statement that the release is part of "agreements reached with U.S. President Donald Trump" and involves the United States lifting sanctions on the Belarusian potash industry. U.S. Special Envoy for Belarus John Coale told reporters in Minsk Saturday that the U.S. was lifting sanctions against Belarusian potash producer Belaruskali, one of the European country's largest state-owned companies. Coale said the goal is to normalize relations between the U.S. and Belarus and that "more sanctions will be lifted" in

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