VILNIUS, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Belarus freed 25 prisoners on Wednesday in return for a further easing of U.S. sanctions, and U.S. envoy John Coale told Reuters that hundreds more could be released in a month.
The deal was the latest to emerge from a series of negotiations stretching back more than a year between Coale and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
