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> including many foreign residency permit holders

Does that mean that people can’t go back to their country of citizenship?

It probably means that citizens of Belarus visiting country but living and working elsewhere cannot return to the country of residence.

There were multiple reports of Lithuanian citizens with Belarusian residence permits being denied passage by Belarusian border guards. So yes, the situation is that bad. And I wonder why NATO says nothing about it. After all, it's their citizens.

Also check this summary if you want more details [0]

[0] https://telegra.ph/Kak-belorusu-vyehat-iz-strany-nazemnym-pu...

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