Belarus
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State TV reports exit poll that suggests Belarusian President Lukashenko gained 87.6% of the vote, giving him a seventh term in office. State TV reports exit poll that suggests Belarusian President Lukashenko gained 87.6% of the vote, giving him a seventh term in office. The smiling face of President Alexander Lukashenko gazed out from campaign…
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‘The harsh sentence is intended to intimidate and silence hundreds of other priests ahead of January’s presidential election,’ human rights activist Pavel Sapelka said. A Catholic priest in Belarus on Monday was convicted on charges of high treason for criticising the government and handed an 11-year sentence, in the first case of politically-driven charges against…
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Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko discussed “regional security and bilateral relations” during a one-on-one meeting on Christmas Day, a spokeswoman for the Belarusian leader says. The pair spoke in private before today’s Supreme Eurasian Economic Council meeting near St Petersburg (see 16.00 post). “You and I understand that presidents can never sidestep security issues, said…
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Ukraine’s invasion in Kursk has raised the possibility of an armed provocation of Belarus, according to the Belarusian defence minister. Viktor Khrenin’s said the situation at the border remained “tense”, in comments quoted by the state-run Belta news agency. “Given the presence of Ukrainian armed formations in the border areas, there is a high probability…
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Key Putin ally urges Ukraine and Russia to end war A key ally of Vladimir Putin has urged Ukraine and Russia to end their conflict to avoid the war spilling over into Belarus. Speaking to Russian state television, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said only “high-ranking people of American origin” wanted the war to continue. The…
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Belarus has sent troops to Russia in order to take part in training exercises. “Crews of missile troops and artillery units of the armed forces of the Republic of Belarus are leaving for the Russian Federation training ground to practice combat use issues,” a statement from the Belarusian ministry of defence read. “During the field…
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Poland on Sunday announced plans to deploy more troops and nearly 200 military vehicles to its border with Belarus. “Over 1,000 soldiers and almost 200 units of equipment from the 12th and 17th Mechanized Brigades are starting to move to the east of the country as part of the Safe Podlasie operation,” Defense Minister Mariusz…
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Police in Belarus on Sunday arrested more than 160 participants in demonstrations calling for the ex-Soviet nation’s authoritarian president to resign. Protests have rocked the ex-Soviet nation for the sixth straight month following the Aug. 9 presidential vote, which was widely seen as rigged to give President Alexander Lukashenko a sixth term in office. The…
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Russia’s foreign ministry said on Thursday it was concerned by the situation in Belarus and said there were attempts by outside forces to meddle in and destabilize the country following Sunday’s contested election. Belarus on Thursday began releasing some of the thousands of people detained in a crackdown by President Alexander Lukashenko that has prompted…
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