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Belarus
Observers attribute the crackdown to a presidential election scheduled for January 26.
Nov. 15
Belarus
Kolesnikova was part of a trio of women who led mass protests in 2020 against Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, in power since 1994.
Nov. 13
Nobel
While acknowledging the president-elect as a “strong” leader Belarus says it will nominate Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize if he brings an end to the war in Ukraine.
Nov. 8
War in Ukraine
The Belarusian leader’s comments to Russian media were in response to a question concerning the challenges the Union State of Russia and Belarus is facing.
Oct. 25
Belarus
“The right moment when the wind will blow in favor of a free Belarus will be Ukraine’s victory,” President in Exile Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya tells Kyiv Post in an exclusive interview.
Oct. 4
Belarus
Maria Kolesnikova was the star of a street movement that shook the Minsk regime four years ago -- she then famously ripped up her passport while the KGB tried to forcibly deport her.
Sep. 17
Putin
The Russian president praised the Belarusian head of state for his “balanced, far-sighted decisions even in the most difficult situations” on the latter’s 70th birthday on Friday.
Aug. 30
Putin
Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko is known not only for his authoritarian rule but for his many impenetrable statements on the issues of the day.
Aug. 30
War in Ukraine
Lukashenko had announced on August 18 that he ordered the repositioning of nearly a third of the army to the Ukrainian border.
Aug. 20
War in Ukraine
Lukashenko also expressed confidence that Putin’s army would defeat the Ukrainian forces on Russian territory, threatening that further escalation could spell disaster for Ukraine.
Aug. 19
Russia
Russia and Ukraine should negotiate an end to their conflict to avoid the war spilling over into Belarus, President Alexander Lukashenko.
Aug. 17
Belarus
Moscow-ally Lukashenko crushed mass pro-democracy protests after an election on Aug. 9, 2020, in which the government was widely condemned for having allegedly falsified results.
Aug. 17
Belarus
During Belarus’s 2020 presidential election, a Soviet rock song about changes blasted through stereos along Minsk’s major boulevards. Four years later, that change has yet to arrive.
Aug. 9
Belarus
In 2022, Russian troops invaded Ukraine from Belarus. Today, the border's quiet, but Ukraine's continually building its defenses. And at the local level, once-friendly neighbors have broken off ties
Jul. 4
Belarus
The rights group Viasna estimates that Belarus has more than 1,400 political prisoners - including its founder, Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski -- with thousands more having fled the country.
Jul. 4
NATO
Belarus has accused Ukraine of ramping up its forces on the border and stepping up UAV reconnaissance as a prelude to military action which Kyiv dismissed as “attempts at provocation.”
Jun. 30
Observers attribute the crackdown to a presidential election scheduled for January 26.
Nov. 15