Opposition leader in Belarus Servii Thanovsky was released from prisons, Sviatlana Thanovskaya’s wife said in a post on a post on a post on her social media platform.

Belarus liberated 14 political prisoners, including Belarusian opposition leader Sergei Thanovschi, with an agreement with Washington Keith Klogk’s envoy, according to a spokesman for the Lithuanian Prime Minister.

All 14 are in Lithuania. These are 5 Belarusians, 3 Poles, 2 Latvians, 2 Japanese, 1 Estonian and 1 Swedish.

A spokesman for the Lithuanian Prime Minister announced that Sergei Thanovschi and the other 13 political prisoners are in Lithuania, are safe and receive the necessary care.

Svetlana Thanovskaya posted a video showing her in her arms a man with a shaved head kissing her.

Then, in her message to X, she thanked Donald Trump “and our European allies for all their efforts”.

“My husband Sergei is free! Difficult to describe the joy of my heart, “he wrote. “We’re not over! 1,150 political prisoners remain behind the railings. Everybody must be released. “

The arrest of Sergei Thanovsky

The 46 -year -old Thanovsky was arrested in May 2020 shortly before the August presidential election that caused historical dimensions movement of popular protest against mass fraud in Belarus. It was followed by a fierce repression ordered by Alexander Lukashenko.

After his imprisonment, his wife took his place and led the pre -election campaign of the Belarusian opposition. Lukashenko was declared the winner of the 2020 presidential election with 80% of the votes, as officially announced. Tens of thousands of people took to the streets to report massive fraud.

The authorities of Belarus overthrew the protest movement by moving thousands of arrests, torture in detention and imposing hundreds of heavy prison sentences.

Svetlana Thanovskaya was forced to exile under the pressure of the authorities.

Sergei Thanovsky was sentenced in 2021 to 18 years in prison for “riots” and “incitement to hate”. He was then imprisoned by an additional 18 months for “disobedience”.

It was imposed on it very strict detention conditions and had little contact with the outside world.

In March 2024, his wife had stated that he had no news for more than a year.