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 ...

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

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 ...

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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 ...

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

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 ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned of Russia's next military plans and how their relations with North Korea are ...