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Legal
The new law aims to ensure that the country's leader will enjoy full immunity and financial security at the end of his time in office and termination of his powers.
Jan. 5, 2024
China
Lukashenko was last in China at the end of February and early March, a visit that was closely scrutinised in the context of Russia's offensive in Ukraine.
Dec. 3, 2023
Belarus
More than 100,000 people are thought to have left Belarus since security forces began violently cracking down on dissidents, many of whom fled to neighbouring Poland and the Baltic states.
Oct. 23, 2023
War in Ukraine
Leader of Belarusian national democratic opposition to Lukashenka regime urges UN General Assembly not to ignore the plight of her homeland.
Sep. 20, 2023
Belarus
According to a new decree, Belarusians can only get a new passport or renew one in "consular services attached to their last registered place of residence" on Belarusian territory.
Sep. 7, 2023
Poland
The Belarus leader added: “We are neighbours and you don’t chose our neighbours.”
Aug. 11, 2023
Putin
Wagner are in a “bad mood”, Poland wants to annex western Ukraine and the Ukrainian counteroffensive has failed – it was quite a spectacular press conference.
Jul. 23, 2023
Putin
Hours before their meeting, Russian strikes targeted Odesa, which has been bombed several times since the start of the invasion.
Jul. 23, 2023
Belarus
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) on Wednesday distanced itself from its Belarus branch and said an investigation into the claims had been launched.
Jul. 20, 2023
Belarus
Belarusian activists reported in the early hours of July 15 that a large convoy of military vehicles bearing so-called “DPR/LPR” license plates crossed into Belarus from Russia.
Jul. 15, 2023
Lukashenko
The investigation, based on interviews with a dozen of Prigozhin's acquaintances and employees, paints a picture of a man who tends to act on impulse rather than plans.
Jul. 12, 2023
War in Ukraine
Wives, parents and children of Russian fighters turn to social media to ask why their dearest are “left in in hell” and “why they are conquering Bakhmut a second time?”
Jul. 10, 2023
Putin
Prigozhin’s current whereabouts are a mystery and last week Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko said that neither Prigozhin nor his men were in his country.
Jul. 10, 2023
Russia
Much remains unclear about the deal meant to end the Wagner mutiny, not least the whereabouts of its chief Yevgeny Prigozhin.
Jul. 8, 2023
War in Ukraine
A draft resolution on the recognition of Belarus as an aggressor state has been proposed in the Verkhovna Rada. Kyiv Post weighs its chances for adoption.
Jun. 23, 2023
After avoiding siding with the Belarusian democratic opposition, Zelensky suddenly seems to have changed his stance and may be attempting to undermine Lukashenko in Moscow’s eyes.
Jan. 7