Alexander Lukashenko struck a deal with an envoy tied to Donald Trump that led U.S. diplomacy to link easing potash sanctions with an amnesty that freed 123 political prisoners.Among those released were Maria Kolesnikova and Nobel Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski, and Japanese national Masatoshi Nakanishi was handed to the Japanese embassy in Lithuania and has left Belarus.The arrangement drew criticism from Russia and human rights advocates who say the EU was passive while more than 1,200 political prisoners remain, commentators including Anna-Lena Laurén and correspondent Fredrik Wadström noted the deal underscores U.S. influence, Reuters reported.