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Belarus hit with UK sanctions for ‘abetting’ Russian invasion of Ukraine

Belarusian military chiefs are among those to be targeted as part of the UK’s first tranche of sanctions against Minsk for the role it is playing in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said Belarus president Alexander ...

01 Mar 2022 at 20:25

World

Belarus leader Lukashenko tells opposition leaders: ‘Repent and kneel’

Belarus’s authoritarian leader has advised exiled opposition activists to “come home, repent and kneel”, while repeating a vague promise to step down if the people “make the decision” for him. President Alexander Lukashenko made the ...

28 Jan 2022 at 15:25

World

Belarus ‘doing everything’ to end Ukraine war, says President Lukashenko

Belarus’s authoritarian leader has defended Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and said he was doing “everything” to stop the war, in an interview with the Associated Press. President Alexander Lukashenko also said he did not expect ...

05 May 2022 at 11:25

World

Putin taking Belarus as ‘nuclear hostage’, says Ukrainian security chief

Ukraine’s top security official has denounced the Kremlin’s plans to station tactical atomic weapons in Belarus, saying that Russia was taking its ally as a “nuclear hostage”. But Moscow said it was making the move in ...

26 Mar 2023 at 12:43

World

Ukraine demands emergency UN meeting over Putin nuclear plan

Ukraine’s government has called for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council to “counter the Kremlin’s nuclear blackmail” after Russian president Vladimir Putin revealed plans to station tactical atomic ...

26 Mar 2023 at 16:12

World

Belarus sentences exiled opposition leader to 15 years in prison

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

06 Mar 2023 at 14:03

World

Nobel Prize winner Ales Bialiatski jailed over anti-government protests

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

03 Mar 2023 at 13:50

World

Russia renews attacks on Ukrainian Black Sea city of Odesa

Russia struck the Ukrainian Black Sea city of Odesa again, local officials said, keeping up a barrage of attacks that has damaged critical port infrastructure in southern Ukraine in the past week. ...

23 Jul 2023 at 15:03

World

Wagner boss Prigozhin is in Belarus, confirms country’s president

Yevgeny Prigozhin, owner of the private army of inmate recruits and other mercenaries that has fought some of the deadliest battles in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, is in Belarus after his ...

27 Jun 2023 at 18:30

Scotland

First Minister becomes ‘godparent’ to rock star jailed by Lukashenko

Scottish ministers have made a gesture of support for political prisoners in Belarus by taking on “godparenthood” for five people imprisoned in the eastern European country. Humza Yousaf ...

23 Jan 2024 at 17:39

World

Russia and Belarus discuss closer military and economic ties

Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted neighbouring ally Belarus’s leader on Friday for talks on expanding military and economic cooperation amid the fighting in Ukraine. Russia used ...

17 Feb 2023 at 15:02

World

Belarus leader tightens control over country’s religious groups

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has signed a law into effect that significantly tightens control over various religious denominations and organisations. The law, published on ...

05 Jan 2024 at 19:35

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