It will not be possible to bring Belarus and Russia to their knees – Lukashenka
It will not be possible to bring Belarus and the Russian Federation to their knees, Alexander Lukashenko is convinced. The sanctions that were imposed on Moscow and…
Belarus may introduce the death penalty for an attempted terrorist act. What does this mean and why do the authorities need it?
Alina Isachenko BBC Russian Service, London 2 hours ago The BBC News Russian Service app is available for IOS and Android . You can also subscribe to…
Shameful decision: Russian and Belarusian tennis players will be allowed to play at Roland Garros
The organizers of Roland Garros do not plan to exclude representatives of Russia and Belarus from participation in the tournament. At the French Open, they will adhere…
Shameful decision: Russian and Belarusian players will be allowed to perform at Roland Garros
The organizers of Roland Garros do not plan to exclude representatives of Russia and Belarus from participation in the tournament. At the French Open, they will adhere…
"Bold decision": a number of European countries supported the exclusion of Russians and Belarusians from Wimbledon
Norway, Sweden, Finland and Iceland supported the decision of the organizers of Wimbledon-2022 to remove Russian and Belarusian tennis players from participation in the tournament. The organizers…
Belarus may introduce the death penalty for "attempted acts of terrorism"
The deputies of the House of Representatives adopted in two readings the draft law “On amendments to the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus”. According to…
Two spies from Russia and Belarus detained in Poland
The detainees collected data on the functioning of the Polish Armed Forces, in particular, on the location of army units. The Military Counterintelligence Service (SKW) of Poland…
"We can sacrifice ourselves. But it won't change anything." How Belarusians are protesting against the war in Ukraine
Maria Sisa For the BBC April 24, 2022 Photo by Piotr Piatrouski Since August 2020, political arrests in Belarus have taken place almost daily, but there have…
‘There is no home left’: Belarusian actors plead for refugee status after getting ‘trapped’ in UK amid Ukraine war
In August 2021, the Belarusian authorities “started to come after relatives of members of our ensemble”, Ms Kaliada said. “So it was absolutely clear at that moment…
Belarusian hospital staff ordered to remain silent on Russian casualties
A doctor working in Mazyr, which is 150 miles from Kyiv, also said that he was regularly having to start work at 5am to treat the injured….
Why Ukraine is not in danger of becoming the next Belarus
As the Russian military advances onto Kyiv, some might wonder: will Ukraine become the next Belarus? A police state and vassal of Russia, one that ruthlessly suppresses…
Pictured: Russia and Belarus hold major war games in ‘violent gesture’ to Europe
“This is probably the most dangerous moment, I would say, in the course of the next few days, in what is the biggest security crisis that Europe…
How a British Rail employee ended up in the Old Bailey’s only war crime trial
On February 9 1999, Britain’s first and last war crimes trial began at the Old Bailey in London. In the dock – or, more accurately, beside his…
‘Stingy’ prince only showered me with €1m of gifts, ex-girlfriend complains
At one point she wrote to him: “I asked you not to bombard me and yet you send me thousands of emails.” In a further twist, the…
‘Sugar daddy’ prince launches legal case against ex-lover after showering her with gifts
The supposed condition “above all affects people aged over 50.” Ms Yashenko had behaved like “a sugar baby”, taking advantage of the generosity of her “sugar daddy”…
EU nations push for stronger rules to detain asylum seekers after hybrid attack launched by Belarus
Earlier this month, the Commission agreed to allow Poland, Lithuania and Latvia to detain people for 16 weeks in processing centres on their frontier with Belarus as…
Belarus Free Theatre: ‘Lukashenko’s waging war on the arts. We had to go’
Kaliada, a model of self-composure and good humour under pressure, doesn’t divulge full details about how the escape operation was conducted, though it involved the use of…
Belarus will back Russia if war breaks out in Ukraine, says Alexander Lukashenko
Dmytro Kuleba, Ukraine’s foreign minister, told reporters that Western governments should prepare a clear package of economic sanctions to be used immediately in the event of a…
Belarus will back Russia if war breaks out in Ukraine, says Lukashenko
Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko has pledged his country would stand side-by-side with Russia if war breaks out in Ukraine. The comments came as Kyiv called on the…
Putin is stoking chaos in Europe and laughing at the West’s weakness
With Western leaders preoccupied with securing climate change commitments at the Cop26 summit in Glasgow, it is no surprise that a close ally of Russian President Vladimir…
Putin’s twin aggressions have exposed the inadequacy of the West’s strategy for Belarus
Neither Washington nor Brussels has responded adequately to Belarus developments in recent years. America’s excuses for failure are Trump and Biden. Europe’s excuse is that the EU…
Dream of dignity turns to nightmare as asylum seekers forced to turn back from Belarus
The scars on Mr Khudir’s body attest to the persecution of the Yazidis that pre-dated the attempted genocide of the religious minority by IS extremists. Following the…