US aid cutoff poses new challenges to rights groups and independent media from Russia and Belarus FILE - President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he signs executive orders in the White House on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
FILE - Riot police detain a demonstrator during a protest of the mobilization of reservists for fighting in Ukraine, in Moscow, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo, File)
FILE - Protesters carry a man injured during clashes with police amid anti-government demonstrations in Minsk, Belarus, on Aug. 10, 2020. (AP Photo, File)
FILE - Riot police detain demonstrators at a protest in Moscow, Russia, Sept. 21, 2022, after President Vladimir Putin ordered a partial mobilization of reservists for the conflict in Ukraine. (AP Photo, File)
FILE - Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya looks on during an interview with The Associated Press at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)
FILE - Police officers detain protesters at a rally in Minsk, Belarus, on Sept. 8, 2020, in support of opposition figure Maria Kolesnikova. (AP Photo, File)
FILE - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko gestures while speaking to the media after voting in a presidential election in Minsk, Belarus, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov, File)
FILE - A woman covers herself with an old Belarusian national flag while shouting at police during a protest near the residence of President Alexander Lukashenko in Minsk, Belarus, Sept. 6, 2020. (AP Photo, File)
FILE LGBTQ+ activists are seen at a rally in Pushkin Square in Moscow, Russia, on July 15, 2020, to collect signatures against amendments to the constitution. (AP Photo, File)
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FILE - President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he signs executive orders in the White House on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)