In the course of the telephone conversation, Vladimir Putin warmly congratulated President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko on his resounding victory in the presidential election and ...

No credible opponents were allowed to run against Alexander Lukashenko, who has ruled Belarus since the 1990s. Provides an overview of Belarus, including key events and facts about this east ...

A close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, he allowed Moscow to use Belarus as a launchpad for its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 - and paid the price in the form of ...

North Korean soldiers, who are fighting alongside the russians against the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk Oblast, executed Ukrainians who tried to surrender. The Wall Street Journal reports this ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A Polish border guard looks east into Belarus at the crossing point Połowce-Pieszczatka in Polowce, Poland ...

Belarus’ Defence Ministry is expanding the geography of its co-operation, with the list of potential partners including the countries of South East Asia, sb.by reports citing the Belarusian defence ...

Vladimir Putin didn’t need to launch an invasion to put a stranglehold on Belarus. From using the country as a launchpad for his full-scale invasion of Ukraine to stashing Russian nuclear weapons on ...

Vladimir Putin warmly congratulated Alexander Lukashenko Lukashenko AlexanderPresident of Belarus on the Feast of the Epiphany and conveyed his best wishes to all Orthodox citizens of Belarus on this ...

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Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. FILE – Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski, head of the Viasna human rights group, sits in a ...

The elder Lukashenko has ruled the country for 30 years, and an early presidential election is scheduled to be held in Belarus on January 26. Nikolai Lukashenko first appeared in public in 2008 at ...

He explained that people arrived legally in Belarus from Afghanistan, Syria or Iraq and were then taken to the border with Poland for $8,000 to $12,000 (ca. €7,775 to 11,650).