May 1 (UPI) — An American citizen detained in Belarus has been released, according to Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
“Thanks to @POTUS, Belarus has released another wrongfully detained U.S. citizen,” Rubio said Wednesday in a statement on X. “No president has done so much, so quickly to keep Americans safe abroad.”
Rubio did not identify the released American, but officials confirmed to CNN and Axios that it was lawyer and activist Youras Ziankovich, who had been detained for more than 3 1/2 years.
Ziankovich was captured in Moscow in April 2021 by four men who were waiting for him outside his hotel room, according to the James Foley Foundation …