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  "value": "Exit visa delay blocked US ceremony travel",
  "statement": "For weeks, Sheremet and CPJ pressed authorities in Belarus for an exit visa, without which he could not leave Minsk to travel to the United States for the award ceremony.",
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  "verified_at": "2026-09-26",
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    "url": "https://cpj.org/2016/07/remembering-pavel-sheremet-ipfa-honoree-friend-to/",
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    "title": "Remembering Pavel Sheremet, IPFA honoree, friend to CPJ, and hard-nosed journalist",
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