{"id":151486,"date":"2025-08-16T19:59:18","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T16:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/151486\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"opposition-politician-trump-could-claim-major-win-by-securing-release-of-1300-dissidents","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/151486\/","title":{"rendered":"Opposition politician: Trump could claim major win by securing release of 1,300 dissidents"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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August 16, Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>US President Donald Trump may benefit a lot if he manages to “free more than 1,300 political hostages in Belarus and stop the repression,\u201d Franak Via\u010dorka, chief aide to Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja, has said on X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The comment comes after Trump called Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka on the phone yesterday afternoon, hours ahead of his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Trump, the purpose of the call was to thank \u0141uka\u0161enka for freeing 16 prisoners recently. \u201cWe are also discussing the release of 1,300 additional prisoners. Our conversation was a very good one,\u201d the US president said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“This call to \u0141uka\u0161enka was a big and undeserved gift to the self-proclaimed dictator. Now we\u2019ll see if \u0141uka\u0161enka truly respects the US President or is just trying to fool him, same as Putin does,\u201d Via\u010dorka said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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