ALEXANDER LUKASHENKO

The U.K. clapped back at Russian President Vladimir Putin after he appeared to ramp up the threat of nuclear escalation in Ukraine in response to ammunition London pledged to Kyiv.

Belarus discovered an arsenal of weapons that were intended for terrorist attacks. The country's security forces found them two days after killing an alleged terrorism suspect near the Polish border.

The United Nations rights chief called for an end to "systematic repression" in Belarus, and called for an immediate release of political prisoners.

The U.N. human rights chief called on Belarus to end its “systematic repression” of critics and immediately release people held on political grounds, saying some violations may amount to crimes against humanity

The Iranian government said 22,000 people arrested during a massive wave of anti-government protests have been pardoned. The demonstrations began when a woman died while under custody.

The head of Iran’s judiciary says more than 22,000 people arrested in the recent protests that swept the Islamic Republic have been pardoned.

The Belarusian government is struggling to stymie a guerilla group working to oppose Minsk's assistance to Russia amid its war in Ukraine.

After Russia invaded Ukraine, guerrillas from Belarus began carrying out acts of sabotage on their country’s railways.

After Russia invaded Ukraine, guerillas from Belarus began carrying out acts of sabotage on their country's railways, including blowing up track equipment to paralyze the rails that Russian forces used to get troops and weapons into Ukraine. In the most recent sabotage to make international headlines, they attacked a Russian warplane parked just outside the Belarusian capital. “Belarusians will not allow the Russians to freely use our territory for the war with Ukraine, and we want to force them to leave,” Anton, a retired Belarusian serviceman who joined a group of saboteurs, told The Associated Press in a phone interview.

Belarus has passed a law that enables capital punishment for officials who are convicted of treason. Executions in Belarus are carried out with a shot in the back of the head.

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A court in Belarus has sentenced exiled opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya to 15 years in prison after a trial in absentia on charges including conspiring to overthrow the government

A court in Belarus has sentenced exiled opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya to 15 years in prison after a trial in absentia on charges including conspiring to overthrow the government.

Ales Bialiatski was one of the leaders of Belarus' pro-democracy movement, inspiring protests against what activists maintained were fraudulent presidential elections in 2020.

Bialiatski, who's been behind bars for almost 2 years, was convicted along with 3 colleagues of financing actions violating public order and smuggling.

Nobel Prize winner Ales Bialiatski was accused of smuggling cash into Belarus to fund protests.

A Belarusian court has sentenced Ales Bialiatski, Belarus’ top human rights advocate and one of the winners of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize, to 10 years in prison

A Belarusian court has sentenced Ales Bialiatski, Belarus’ top human rights advocate and one of the winners of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize, to 10 years in prison.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko visited China to meet with Xi Jinping on Wednesday. The two leaders urged a ceasefire and negotiations between Ukraine and Russia.

The two leaders met in Beijing and discussed the war in Ukraine, a week after China released a position paper, calling for a cease-fire and peace talks between Russia and Ukraine.

The presidents of China and Belarus have joined in urging a cease-fire and negotiations to bring about a political settlement to the Ukraine conflict.

Ahead of his visit, Alexander Lukashenko lauded Xi Jinping's "peaceful foreign policy" and said no global issues "can be resolved without China."

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko arrives in Beijing on Tuesday, part of an effort by countries like Russia, China and Iran to show unity.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, a close ally of Russian leader Vladimir Putin, is due in Beijing to begin a three-day state visit.

Belarus is seeking lengthy prison terms for five exiled opposition leaders. They are being charged with trying to overthrow the government and leading an extremist group.

Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/ReutersBelarusian saboteurs successfully attacked a Russian A-50 military surveillance aircraft in an airfield near Minsk in recent hours, Belarusian opposition sources confirmed to The Daily Beast.“It’s a big victory. That airplane was very expensive, very rare, and perhaps the most important aircraft of the Russian fleet,” Franak Viacorka, the chief political adviser to Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, told The Daily Be

A Russian spy plane worth £274 million has been severely damaged by partisans in Belarus.

China says Alexander Lukashenko, the president of Belarus and a close ally of the Russian leader, will visit Beijing this week.

China will host Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, amid concerns Beijing is weighing lethal aid to Moscow.

Ukraine has reportedly struck a Russian ammunition depot and other military equipment in the occupied city of Mariupol. The strikes, which happened at night, set off big explosions, according to the Ukrinform news agency, and suggest Ukraine is using new weapons with an extended reach. According to a local official, Russian targets were struck in the villages of Yalta and Yurivka where there is a “large concentration of occupiers”. Petro Andriushchenko, an adviser to the Mariupol city mayor, pos

The Kremlin distributed an internal strategy document in 2021 that detail's Russia's plans to take full control of Belarus by 2023, Yahoo News reported on Monday.

The document, written for Putin’s Presidential Administration, envisages the total incorporation of Belarus into a “Union State” with Russia by 2030.

Belarus will establish a new paramilitary 'territorial defense' force amid close political and military ally Russia's ongoing conflict with Ukraine.

Polish President Andrzej Duda is convinced that if Alexander Lukashenko, the self-proclaimed president of Belarus, orders his armed forces to engage in the war against Ukraine, it would mean a "total end" for his regime.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has pledged to join Russia in its invasion of Ukraine if even "one soldier" attacks a citizen of his country.

Alexander Lukashenko, the self-proclaimed president of Belarus, has stated that the Belarusian army will join the Russian Armed Forces only in the event of an attack on Belarus. Source: Belarusian state-owned media agency Belta, cited by European Pravda "For now, I am ready to join Russians in the war from the territory of Belarus only in one case: if soldiers come from there to kill my people.

Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto visited Belarus on Monday, making him the first European Union official to visit the nation since its 2020 crackdown on opposition

Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has made the first visit to Belarus by a high-level politician from a European Union country since Belarus imposed a harsh crackdown on opposition in 2020

A Polish journalist in Belarus was sentenced to eight years in prison for harming the country's national security and "inciting discord."

A funeral for a Belarusian military volunteer and dissident was held in Ukraine's capital.

Belarus' exiled opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya said she has no hope that she will receive a fair trial.

A Belarusian track coach who tried to force a sprinter to return home from the Tokyo Olympics after she was critical of the team has been charged with breaching the sport’s integrity standards.

The Belarusian track coach who tried to force a sprinter to return home from the Tokyo Olympics after she was critical of the team has been charged with breaching the sport's integrity standards. The Athletics Integrity Unit, which oversees disciplinary actions in track and field, announced the charges against Yury Maisevich on Thursday, alleging he broke rules in the sport's integrity code of conduct involving honesty, dignity and protecting reputation. The charges stem from the ouster of 200-meter sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, who went on social media during the Olympics to question why she had been entered in the 4x400 relay without her knowledge, the AIU said.

A trial in absentia has opened for Belarus’ top opposition leader who denounced the proceedings as a farce and urged the West to bolster support for the country’s beleaguered opposition.

Belarus has opened the trial of a journalist and prominent member of the country’s sizable Polish minority.

The country's investigative committee says Andrey Dzmitryeu's photo with the former top U.S. diplomat, "may indicate that his activities were coordinated from abroad."

Belarusian investigators are using a photo of an opposition politician shaking hands with former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as evidence in a criminal case tied to the mass protests after Belarus’ disputed 2020 presidential election.

A human rights group says an opposition politician who ran against authoritarian Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has been arrested in Minsk.

Belarus opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya discusses how the war in neighboring Ukraine is affecting her own people’s bid for freedom.

A Belarusian court has opened the trial of jailed human rights activist Ales Bialiatski, one of the winners of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize

A Belarusian court has opened the trial of jailed human rights activist Ales Bialiatski, one of the winners of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize.

On Friday 30 December, Alexander Lukashenko, the self-proclaimed president of Belarus, signed amendments to the law "On the National Assembly [Parliament] of the Republic of Belarus" which will allow him to remain in politics even after the formal termination of his powers.

After breaking away from a crumbling Soviet Union in the early 1990s, Belarus became increasingly aligned with Russia, unlike its neighbors. Those bonds strengthened with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Longtime President Alexander Lukashenko has allowed Belarus to be used as a staging ground, while avoiding sending his own troops to take part in the war. The tight embrace is payback after Russian President Vladimir Putin bankrolled his government for many years and came to Lukashenko’s aid follow

A rare visit to the Belarusian capital by Russian President Vladimir Putin fueled the speculation that Russia is seeking acquiescence in Belarus.

The Ukrainian capital came under attack again Monday, with the city’s military administration saying drones were shot down in Kyiv’s airspace.

Russian President Vladimir Putin made a rare trip to close ally Belarus as his forces pursue their campaign to bombard Ukraine with missiles and drones amid a broad battlefield stalemate almost 10 months into the war.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko is striking a defiant tone ahead of a rare meeting this week with Russian President Vladimir Putin amid growing concerns that Belarus could be pulled into Russia’s war in Ukraine. Lukashenko, emphasizing his country’s sovereignty at a Friday meeting in Minsk on Russia-Belarus cooperation, said the situation was “escalating” as he…

Ukraine is preparing proposals intended to strengthen “all the countries of Europe,” ahead of a meeting Monday of Northern European leaders, its president said.

Russia has enough missiles to mount several more strikes, the Ukrainian president said, hours after a wave of attacks damaged infrastructure across the country.

The triple peace prize award was seen as a strong rebuke to Russian President Vladimir Putin, not only for his action in Ukraine but for the Kremlin's crackdown on domestic opposition.

The winners of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize from Ukraine, Russia and Belarus have shared their visions of a fairer world during an award ceremony and denounced Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine.

A representative of one of the organizations sharing this year’s Nobel Peace Prize says Russian President Vladimir Putin should face an international tribunal for the fighting in Ukraine.

Imprisoned Belarusian human rights campaigner Ales Bialiatski, who shared the Nobel Peace Prize with rights groups in Russia and Ukraine, hasn’t been allowed by Belarus authorities to hand over his speech for the award ceremony.

Ukrainian defenders are dug in north of Kyiv, where they fear Russia and Belarus may launch another play for the capital.

Alexander Lukashenko, the self-proclaimed President of Belarus, said that Ukraine allegedly wants to continue the war that Russia started against it, and fears that the war may continue "to either the last Ukrainian, or the last Pole, or the last mercenary.

After the unexplained death of Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei, U.S. analysts issued a report suggesting Russia might be plotting against dictator Alexander Lukashenko

Belarus has given a state funeral to its foreign minister who died suddenly at age 64, triggering speculation about possible foul play in his death after he leaned toward Western countries

Belarus has given a state funeral to its foreign minister who died suddenly at age 64, triggering speculation about possible foul play in his death after he leaned toward Western countries.

Belarus on Tuesday held a state funeral for its foreign minister who died suddenly at age 64, triggering speculation about possible foul play in his death after he leaned toward Western countries. Belarusian authorities didn't give the cause of Vladimir Makei's death on Saturday.

The Belarusian state news agency says that the foreign minister has died at the age of 64.

The fall of the Berlin Wall more than 30 years ago symbolized hope for cooperation with Moscow.

The Polish border service has reported an uptick in Middle Eastern migrants trying to illegally cross into the European Union at the border of Belarus and Poland.

Latvia has rejected as “absurd" claims by Amnesty International that it is violently mistreating migrants attempting to enter the European Union member country through Belarus.

Statements made this week by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko have reignited fears that his army could join Russian forces in the war against Ukraine.

Russian forces have carpeted Ukraine with a fresh barrage of missiles and munition-carrying drones.

A Belarusian opera singer who almost lost it all for publicly opposing his nation's authoritarian leader is rebuilding his life in the U.S. Ilya Silchukou lives in suburban Boston with his wife and three children and teaches music to middle school students while he tries to revive his singing career.

Belarussian Ales Bialiatski, who shared the Nobel Peace Prize with human rights groups in Russia and Ukraine, is the fourth person to receive the award while in prison or detention.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has received an unusual gift for his 70th birthday: a tractor.

Officials in Europe praised the awarding of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize to activists standing up for human rights and democracy in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine, but authorities in Belarus are scorning the move.

Belarus’ opposition leader says she believes that Russian military setbacks in Ukraine could shake the hold on power of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.

Belarus' opposition leader says the fate of Belarus and Ukraine are “interconnected” and both countries have to fight together for their very existence because Russia doesn’t view them as independent sovereign states.

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she plans to make a weekend visit to Armenia, where a cease-fire was holding for a second day after an outburst of fighting with neighboring Azerbaijan.

Russia has claimed control over the last Ukrainian stronghold in an eastern province that is key to achieving a major goal of Moscow’s grinding war.

Russian forces are pounding the city of Lysychansk and its surroundings in an all-out attempt to seize the last stronghold of resistance in eastern Ukraine’s Luhansk province.

A year after migrants started crossing into the European Union from Belarus to Poland, Polish authorities announced that the construction of a new steel wall along its border with Belarus has been finished.

Russia has shattered weeks of relative calm in Ukraine's capital with a missile attack as Western leaders meeting in Europe prepared to reaffirm their support for Ukraine and condemnation of Russia.

The western Ukrainian city of Lviv has been rocked by a number of very loud explosions.

Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko is defending Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in an interview with The Associated Press, but he said he didn’t expect the 10-week-old conflict to “drag on this way.”.

Ukrainian authorities say about 300 people were killed in the Russian airstrike last week that blasted open a Mariupol theater.

A former San Francisco Bay Area resident facing federal criminal charges from the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol has been granted asylum in Belarus.

New U.S. sanctions target more individuals in Russian President Vladimir Putin's power structure.

When fighting from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine resulted in power cuts to the critical cooling system at the closed Chernobyl nuclear power plant, fears arose that spent nuclear fuel would overheat.

The U.N. refugee agency says 1 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia invaded the country a week ago, setting off the swiftest exodus of refugees this century.

The number of people who have fled Ukraine since Russian forces invaded on Feb. 24 has reached 1 million.

Belarusian authorities say more than half of the country’s voters approved constitutional reforms that would allow its authoritarian leader to stay in power until 2035 and open the way for stronger military cooperation with Russia.

Belarusians are voting in a constitutional referendum that the country’s authoritarian leader called to cement his 27-year-old grip on power, even as he offers the country’s territory to his ally Russia to invade Ukraine.

A senior U.S. intelligence official says Belarus is expected to send troops into Ukraine as soon as Monday to fight alongside Russian forces that invaded Ukraine last week.

Russia is planning massive drills of its strategic nuclear forces amid Western fears that Moscow might be preparing to invade Ukraine.

Belarus’ authoritarian president says he has no intention of sending troops to Syria to serve alongside Russian forces in the country but is holding the door open for a potential deployment of military medics there.

Belarus is planning to deploy up to 200 troops to Syria to serve alongside Russian forces in the country.