Officials say that Russia and Belarus will hold a joint military exercise in September, part of efforts by the two neighbors ...

After years of the U.S. trying to isolate Russia’s closest ally, a meeting with Belarus’s president points to better ...

Belarus stopped short of formally recognizing Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea, and tried to mediate in that crisis. The relationship began to change in 2020, when Putin gained more sway by ...

Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, Belarus’s autocratic president and Russia’s closest ally, has taken steps to soften his country’s ...

Work toward it sped up after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his troops to invade Ukraine three years ago, battering ...

Belarus under Lukashenko has become embroiled in the battle between NATO-backed Western Europe and Vladimir Putin’s Russia.

We should also notice that Trump in January 2025 promised to sanction Russia if it does not end the Ukraine war. The U.S. still has not removed any existing sanctions, which signals its commitment to ...

Belarus and Iran have developed a growing strategic partnership since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in ...

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Rights groups, activists and independent media in Russia and Belarus endured increased government scrutiny, repressive laws and even were shut down and forced to operate from exile abroad A top ...

Volodymyr Zelenskyy's Munich speech Ladies and gentlemen! At the start of the Conference, every country usually shares its ...