President Alexander Lukashenko, often dubbed 'Europe's last dictator,' offered to free Anastassia Nuhfer whose arrest was linked to protests in 2020, a source told the AP.
Belarus has 'unilaterally' freed an American woman from detention, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Sunday, as the Kremlin-allied country held an orchestrated election poised to give strongman President Alexander Lukashenko yet another term on top of his three decades in power.Rubio's post on the X social network identified the U.S. citizen as Anastassia Nuhfer. It said she was detained during former President Joe Biden's tenure, but did not specify when or why.
A former high-ranking Belarusian diplomat told AP that Nuhfer's arrest was linked to the 2020 protests, although he did not give details. The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to security concerns, said that Lukashenko himself offered to free the U.S. citizen 'as a gesture of goodwill,' while declining to release any Belarusian opposition and rights activists.Nuhfer's release took the public and even Belarusian activists by surprise.
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