From prison to exile. Trump made a deal with Lukashenko

Mission John Coale, Deputy peculiar Envoy of the president of the United States for Russia and Ukraine in Minsk, lasted 2 days. 1 of the main topics of the talks concluded on 11 September was the destiny of the Belarusian political prisoners, who – as even acknowledged by the unofficial telegram channel of the spokesperson Alaksandra Lukashenka – was “anxious to Trump”. Just 4 days earlier, the American president mentioned Lukashenko and his “1400 hostages” at a press conference in the White House. – It's political, I think most of them are political prisoners – He said, simply suggesting that any of them might shortly be released.