(Removes reference to Valiantsin Stefanovic after Bialiatski said he was still in prison) Dec 13 (Reuters) - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko released 123 prisoners on Saturday in return for a further easing of sanctions by the United States.

At the very beginning of his interview with the U.S. media company Newsmax, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko jokingly asked interviewer Greta Conway Van Susteren not to ask “nasty questions” about three individuals.

The President of the United States Donald Trump, convinced the authoritarian Belarusian leader, Alexandr Lukashenko, to pardon over a hundred prisoners on Saturday, including the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski.

By Mark Trevelyan Dec 11 (Reuters) - Russia and its close ally Belarus reached out to Venezuela's embattled leader, Nicolas Maduro, on Thursday as U.S. President Donald Trump ramps up pressure for his removal,

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has hosted a U.S. envoy for talks in Minsk, the latest step in the isolated leader’s effort to improve ties with the West.

OSLO, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Exiled Belarus opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya ‌accused ​President Alexander Lukashenko on Wednesday of using ‌political prisoners as bargaining chips and said the U.S. needs to use both incentives and ​pressure as it negotiates with the veteran authoritarian leader.

Aleksandr Lukashenko has released over a hundred political prisoners, including former Belarusian presidential candidate in the 2020 elections Viktor Babariko,

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko shared an update Tuesday on his plans to deploy nuclear weapons in coordination with Russia throughout his country. The close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin said that "the question of returning nuclear weapons to us was raised."