Anonymousabout 2 hours ago
The Trump administration brokered the release of five Polish and Moldovan prisoners from Belarusian and Russian detention in May 2026, the latest in a series of deals that have freed over 440 political prisoners since mid-2024 in exchange for substantial US sanctions relief. The arrangement — which saw Trump publicly thank Lukashenko for "cooperation and friendship" — has drawn sharp criticism from the Belarusian opposition and raised questions about moral hazard in hostage diplomacy, even as defenders argue it has produced concrete humanitarian results that decades of isolation did not.