Tag: Belarus
Lukashenka of Belarus: The risk of confrontation on the Ukrainian border is high | Foreign countries
Belarus claims to have repelled an aerial attack from Lithuania. Lithuania says it has not attacked anyone. Sari Taussi, Roni Kuronen The Russian news agency Tass claims that the security…
Russian news agency: Lithuania attacked Belarus
Belarusian security services accuse Lithuania of trying to attack Minsk with drones, Russian state media claim, Reuters reports. Belarus reportedly managed to repel the Lithuanian drone attack, according to media…
Russians and Belarusians will not march at the opening ceremony in Paris
Russian and Belarusian athletes were already deprived of flags and national anthems at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, and now they are deprived of the opening ceremony, in a decision…
Athletics: Coach who wanted to force Olympic participants back to Belarus banned for five years
“The actions of Jurij Moisevich, 62, in Tokyo were judged to be a clear violation of the athlete’s dignity and an abuse of power,” writes the Athletics Integrity Unit, AIU,…
All enemies locked in as Belarus goes to elections
It has been over a year since the last sign of life from Maria Kolesnikova. The democracy activist was sentenced in 2021 to eleven years in prison for his role…
All enemies locked in as Belarus goes to elections
share-arrowShare unsaveSave chevron-left previous expand-left full screen chevron-rightnext Activist Maria Kolesnikova and lawyer Maksim Znak in court in Minsk in September 2021. Both were sentenced to long prison terms for…
The government of Belarus claims that NATO and Europe are preparing military actions against their country | Foreign countries
The purpose of the Belarusian state leadership’s statements is to create an image of LukaÅ¡enka, according to which he is a prerequisite for peace for his country, says Arkady Moshes,…
Igor Lednik died in prison in Belarus
In the shadow of Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny’s death in a Russian prison, a similar case has occurred in neighboring Belarus. A political activist jailed for defaming the country’s…
Belarus sends its ambassador home to Sweden
Updated 00.45 | Published 00.27 full screen Tobias Billström. Photo: Lotte Fernvall Belarus has angrily sent its ambassador home from Stockholm, writes Radio Free Europe. Sweden, in turn, has recalled…
Belarus’ Lukashenka got himself a lifetime immunity from prosecution | Foreign countries
The new law also prevents opposition leaders who have fled abroad from standing as candidates in the presidential elections. Simo Ortamo, Yrjö Kokkonen Autocratically leading Belarus Alexander Lukashenko has signed…