Russian-American attorney Emmanuel Zeltser, who was convicted and imprisoned on arrival in Belarus last year, on what most have described as politically motivated charges, has been reportedly pardoned and freed by the authorities there. Zeltser, a specialist in  money laundering matters, had been serving a three year sentence in a Belarusian prison hospital. Seversal American Congrssmen have visited Belarus in an effort to obtain his release.

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