Belarus made international headlines a few months ago when its government — known as the last European dictatorship — forced a Ryanair plane to land so that an opposition activist and journalist could be taken into custody. Since then, the U.S. has been grappling with the fallout of a major and unequivocal breach of human rights from a nation closely allied to Russia.
Biden met with Belarusian Opposition Leader Sviatlana Tikhanovskaya in a previous unannounced conference on Wednesday. Here’s what you need to know.
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