At least 4,690 people have been convicted on politically-motivated charges since the August 2020 presidential election that fueled major protests to which the authorities responded with brutal repressions
President Alexander Lukashenko, who has ruled Belarus with an iron hand for nearly three decades, on Sunday announced that he will run for the presidency again next year
Russia’s effort to transport and reeducate children from Ukraine was coordinated between Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and Belarus’ authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko
Several Swedish lawmakers say they will boycott this year’s Nobel Prize award ceremonies. Last year, the envoys of both countries were barred from attending because of Moscow’s war in Ukraine
US intelligence and some Russian media point to an attack on the plane in which the Wagner leader was traveling. ‘He was a man of difficult fate, and he made serious mistakes in life,’ said the Russian president
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said that hosting Russian nuclear weapons in his country is meant to deter aggression by NATO member Poland, even though Warsaw has made no such threats
Neither side gave details of what the cooperation will entail, but the two countries have agreed to hold joint military exercises next year
Poland, Lithuania and Latvia accuse Belarus, an ally of Russia, of encouraging the migration in an act of ‘hybrid warfare’ aimed at creating instability in the West
The declared deployment of the weapons onto the territory of its neighbor and loyal ally marks a new stage in the Kremlin’s nuclear saber-rattling over its invasion of Ukraine
Journalists and activists in Belarus have faced large-scale repression since the August 2020 vote that handed a sixth term to President Alexander Lukashenko
The images provided by Planet Labs PLC suggest that dozens of tents were erected within the past two weeks at a former military base outside Osipovichi, a town 230 kilometers (142 miles) north of the Ukrainian border
Prigozhin and his fighters escaped prosecution and were offered refuge in Belarus by authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko, who said his country could use their experience and expertise
Following the aborted uprising, it remains unclear where Prigozhin’s 20,000-25,000 mercenaries are deployed and what their next move will be after their leader’s exile
Aleksandr Lukashenko has the best political instincts in Europe. The Belarusian leader is now in a position to mediate between the Kremlin and the mercenaries, and could perhaps play the role of arbitrator between Moscow and the West
The Latvian authorities are systematically deporting Middle Eastern migrants, who have been encouraged – or forced – by the government in Minsk to leave Belarus and try to enter an EU nation
When the weapons would be deployed remains unknown, but Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that the construction of storage facilities for the weapons in Belarus would be completed by July
The intent of the media was clear — to dispel rumors and reports that Lukashenko was seriously ill — but they also raised some new questions
The ‘Gazeta Wyborcza’ reporter, a dual Polish-Belarusian national, was condemned by a court for inciting hatred and ‘calling for sanctions’ in his coverage of the 2020 protests
President Alexander Lukashenko made the announcement on Friday during his state-of-the-nation address
Bialiatski and two of his associates were arrested and jailed after massive protests over a 2020 election that gave authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko a new term in office
The former swimmer was handed a prison term in absentia after co-founding the Belarusian Sport Solidarity Foundation and criticizing Lukashenko’s support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine