The Belarusian authorities are closing the borders with Poland and Lithuania and strengthening the borders with Ukraine, said the current president of the country, Alexander Lukashenko. Polish border guards say that the border is operating as normal, writes the BBC. “We are forced to withdraw troops from the streets, as I already said...
The President of Belarus in an interview with Russian state TV channels said that if his power falls, problems could begin in Russia itself. The main topic of conversation was the situation in Belarus, opposition protests against election fraud and repression against opponents of the president, writes ...
In 2014, Alexander Lukashenko voiced the idea of creating a union of Ukraine and Belarus and wanted to become the president of the two countries, BBC writes. Former President of the European Council Donald Tusk told about this in an interview with the Polish edition Onet. Discussing the latest events in Belarus, ...
At a rally at the Russian Embassy in Washington, activists asked Vladimir Putin to forget about the “great Russian empire.” According to Belarusian oppositionists, Putin’s support for the Lukashenko regime will spoil relations between Russians and Belarusians, says Voice of America. Protests Belarusians living in the USA held a protest...
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the detention of Russians in Belarus is nothing more than a planned special operation by the Ukrainian and American special services. He expressed this opinion in an interview with the channel "Russia 24". Writes about this Meduza. “It's obvious now. This is a special services action. Of people…
The world was covered by footage and stories of demonstrators in Belarus about harsh detentions and bullying in isolation wards. 16-year-old Timur from Minsk, according to relatives, doctors had to put into a coma to cope with the injuries received from the riot police. They buried in Gomel at the weekend ...
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry decided to call Ambassador to Belarus Igor Kizim for consultations after Alexander Lukashenko repeatedly accused Ukraine of various unfriendly steps in recent days, writes BBC. This is the first time in the history of relations between countries. Why is the Minister being recalled...
On Saturday, August 15, about 2000 people gathered near the UN headquarters in New York to protest against the events taking place in Belarus. It should be reminded that on August 9, presidential elections were held in Belarus, which turned out to be rigged. After the government announced preliminary results,…
On Sunday, August 16, the largest political protest in the history of Belarus took place in Minsk - hundreds of thousands of people came out under white-red-white flags. The BBC writes about this. The action was peaceful, the security forces who were in the city center with water cannons prevented the passage of columns...
Seven thousand people were detained in Belarus in five days - many of the protesters were beaten by the security forces, some were tortured, most were fined or are serving an administrative arrest. More than two million dollars have already been raised for the victims of the protests. At the same time, money is collected through a personal Facebook ...