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Belarus
Maria Kolesnikova was the star of a street movement that shook the Minsk regime four years ago -- she then famously ripped up her passport while the KGB tried to forcibly deport her.
Sep. 17
Putin
The Russian president praised the Belarusian head of state for his “balanced, far-sighted decisions even in the most difficult situations” on the latter’s 70th birthday on Friday.
Aug. 30
Putin
Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko is known not only for his authoritarian rule but for his many impenetrable statements on the issues of the day.
Aug. 30
War in Ukraine
Lukashenko had announced on August 18 that he ordered the repositioning of nearly a third of the army to the Ukrainian border.
Aug. 20
War in Ukraine
Lukashenko also expressed confidence that Putin’s army would defeat the Ukrainian forces on Russian territory, threatening that further escalation could spell disaster for Ukraine.
Aug. 19
Russia
Russia and Ukraine should negotiate an end to their conflict to avoid the war spilling over into Belarus, President Alexander Lukashenko.
Aug. 17
Belarus
Moscow-ally Lukashenko crushed mass pro-democracy protests after an election on Aug. 9, 2020, in which the government was widely condemned for having allegedly falsified results.
Aug. 17
Belarus
During Belarus’s 2020 presidential election, a Soviet rock song about changes blasted through stereos along Minsk’s major boulevards. Four years later, that change has yet to arrive.
Aug. 9
Belarus
In 2022, Russian troops invaded Ukraine from Belarus. Today, the border's quiet, but Ukraine's continually building its defenses. And at the local level, once-friendly neighbors have broken off ties
Jul. 4
Belarus
The rights group Viasna estimates that Belarus has more than 1,400 political prisoners - including its founder, Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski -- with thousands more having fled the country.
Jul. 4
NATO
Belarus has accused Ukraine of ramping up its forces on the border and stepping up UAV reconnaissance as a prelude to military action which Kyiv dismissed as “attempts at provocation.”
Jun. 30
War in Ukraine
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, widely believed to have been the true winner of the Belarusian presidency in a rigged 2020 election, said Ukraine’s struggle is shared by Belarus.
Apr. 17
Russia
He also revealed that Belarus is training military units and supplying weaponry and equipment to its armed forces.
Apr. 2
Russia
Belarusian president embarrasses Moscow by contradicting its version about the escape route of the terrorists responsible for last week's mass killing.
Mar. 26
Ukraine
President Zelensky and your Bankova team: why the continuing double standards regarding Moscow’s vassal in Belarus, Aleksander Lukashenko?
Feb. 27
Belarus
Ukrainian Children are being forced into re-education summer camps, where they are flooded with pro-Russian militaristic narratives and handle riot gear and guns with Belarusian security forces.
Feb. 23
Belarus has accused Ukraine of ramping up its forces on the border and stepping up UAV reconnaissance as a prelude to military action which Kyiv dismissed as “attempts at provocation.”
Jun. 30