Alexander Lukashenko

• Exiled Belarus leader says her people are resisting Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

  Opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya said other Belarusians have travelled to Ukraine to help defend Kyiv against a Russian assault.

  World

  Mar 10
  
• EU to hit Belarus with new sanctions over migrant crisis at Poland’s border

  Belarus has denounced new sanctions imposed by the European Union as "absurd" as a migrant crisis grows at the nation's border with Poland.

  World

  Nov 15, 2021
  
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• Russia sends warplanes over Belarus amid migrant dispute at Poland border

  The missions marked the second time in two days that Russia sent its nuclear-capable bombers into the skies over Belarus.

  World

  Nov 11, 2021
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• Poland-Belarus border reinforced by riot police, leaving hundreds of migrants stuck

  A day earlier, tensions flared at the border as hundreds of Belarus migrants sought to illegally push their way into Poland, escalating a crisis that has been simmering for months.

  World

  Nov 9, 2021
• Putin oversees robotic military exercises with Belarus, raising concerns

  Putin on Monday attended exercises at a training ground in the Nizhny Novgorod region, 450 kilometres east of Moscow.

  Politics

  Sep 13, 2021
• ‘I will not return’: Belarusian Olympian says she was taken to airport against her wishes

  Krystsina Tsimanouskaya told Reuters she had sought the protection of Japanese police at Tokyo's Haneda airport so she would not have to board the flight.

  Sports

  Aug 1, 2021
• Canada adds new sanctions against Belarus after arrest of journalist

  An air navigation services company, oil company and two Belarusian automobile plants are among the newly sanctioned entities.

  Canada

  Jun 21, 2021
• EU bans Belarus planes from airspace over arrest of journalist

  The move requires EU member states "to deny permission to land in, take off from or overfly their territories to any aircraft operated by Belarusian air carriers."

  World

  Jun 4, 2021
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• Belarusian editor arrested as crackdown on journalists intensifies

  It wasn't immediately clear if Shota had been formally charged with extremism, which can carry a prison sentence of up to 10 years.

  Politics

  May 30, 2021
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• Belarusians left feeling cornered after European Union cuts air links

  “Shutting the borders turns Belarus into a can of rotting preserves. We are being turned into hostages,” said Tatsiana Hatsura-Yavorska.

  World

  May 29, 2021