https://freerepublic.com/tag/tikhanovsky/ en-us Sat, 21 Jun 2025 21:46:19 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4324514/posts Belarus has freed Sergey Tikhanovsky, a key dissident figure and the husband of exiled opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, following a rare visit by a senior US official, Tikhanovskaya’s team announced on Saturday. Tikhanovsky, a popular blogger and activist who was jailed in 2020, arrived in Vilnius, Lithuania, alongside 13 other political prisoners, his wife’s team said. The release came just hours after Belarusian authorities announced that authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko met with US President Donald Trump’s envoy for Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, in Minsk. A video published on his wife’s official Telegram account showed Tikhanovsky disembarking a white minibus, with a... CNN https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4324514/posts#comment Sat, 21 Jun 2025 21:46:19 GMT