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

The United States’ steadfast allegiance to Ukraine during that country’s three-year war against Russia appears to be quickly ...

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

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

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

President Trump’s shocking claim that Ukraine “started” Russia’s invasion of its own country ripped through the European ...

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 ...

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

Here’s what to know about Belarus, its election and its relationship with Russia: Belarus was part of the Soviet Union until its collapse in 1991. The Slavic nation of 9 million people is ...

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