Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko visited the Minsk Wheel Tractor Plant to meet with workers amid reports of strikes, according to Russian news agency TASS.
During his visit, Lukashenko received a report that plants in the country were mostly operating normally, according to the BelTA news agency.
The Belarusian president stated that no...
Russia said on Sunday it had told Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko it was ready to offer military assistance if necessary as demonstrators held one of the biggest protests yet against Lukashenko’s contested re-election, Reuters reported.
The protest in Minsk attracted tens of thousands of people, despite the deaths of at...
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said during a session in Minsk on Saturday that he plans to discuss the situation in the country with his Russian colleague Vladimir Putin, as the events in the republic can affect the Union State, TASS reported.
"What I’m saying is practically there is a scenario...
Foreign ministers of the European Union’s 27 member states have made a political decision Friday to impose individual sanctions against people "responsible for violence against peaceful protesters and the election fraud" in Belarus, the reports were confirmed by Slovak Foreign Minister Ivan Korcok, TASS reported.
"Important discussion of EU Foreign...
Russia said on Thursday it was concerned by the situation in Belarus and said there were attempts by outside forces to meddle in and destabilize the country following Sunday’s contested election, Reuters reports.
Belarus on Thursday began releasing some of the thousands of people detained in a crackdown by strongman...
Tens of thousands of peaceful demonstrators in Belarus have gathered in recent days to protest President Alexander Lukashenko’s disputed victory and the violent police crackdown that followed, The Moscow Times reported.
Belarusians formed human chains in cities including Minsk, many wearing white and holding flowers, to protest against police brutality...
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday said he warned his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov that there would be “an enormous price to pay” if Moscow is offering bounties to kill U.S. soldiers or other Western troops in Afghanistan, Reuters reported.
The New York Times in June reported that...
Thousands of protesters formed human chains and marched in Belarus on Thursday in a growing wave of peaceful demonstrations over President Alexander Lukashenko's disputed re-election and an ensuing brutal police crackdown, The Moscow Times reported.
Men and women, many wearing white and holding flowers, took to the streets of the...
Russian fighter jet Su-27 was scrambled after two U.S. military aircraft approached Russian border over the Black Sea, so that no violation of the state border was allowed, the Russian Defense Ministry's National Defense Control Centre (NDCC) said on Wednesday, Sputnik News reported.
"Russian airspace control systems detected two air...
Russia is working with other nuclear powers to once again confirm the principle of inadmissibility of nuclear war, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with the Argumenty i Fakty daily published on Wednesday, TASS reported.
Russia’s top diplomat said the situation in the global security and strategic...
