Freed Belarus opposition leader speaks with staff from his wife's office in Lithuania | AFP

Freed Belarus opposition leader Sergei Tikhanovsky is seen in Vilnius speaking with members of staff from his wife's office a day after he arrived in the Lithuanian capital following his release from jail along with more than a dozen other political prisoners. Their release came after an appeal from the White House. Tikhanovsky's wife Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, who took the mantle of the opposition movement after her husband's jailing, thanked US President Donald Trump directly for brokering the deal.