FILE PHOTO: Belarussian border guards stand at a border crossing between Belarus and Poland, near Brest, southwest of Minsk April 27, 2015. The sign reads “International road transport border crossing Brest”. REUTERS/Vasily FedosenkoWARSAW (Reuters) – The border between Belarus and…
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