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Belarus strongman frees critics after EU pressure

AFP

Two opponents of Belarus strongman Alexander Lukashenko returned home in triumph to Minsk Sunday after winning early release from jail in what supporters hailed as the result of EU pressure on his regime. Former diplomat Andrei Sannikov, the most prominent opposition figure imprisoned in Lukashenko…