Nikol Pashinyan, Armenia’s prime minister, said he was promised a call with President Trump over Turkey’s role in the intensifying conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh. Then Mr. Trump fell ill.
Author: ANDREW HIGGINS
Former Russian Rock Star Sergei Shnurov Surprises Fans … With a Desk Job
After a farewell tour with his band, Leningrad, Sergei Shnurov switched tracks with a day job running a respectable but dull television station.
Embattled Belarus Strongman Travels to Russia to Seek Help From Putin
President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko broke into a sweat after the Russian president suggested new elections.
As Both Sides Dig In, What’s the Endgame for Belarus?
President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko seems set on relentless repression, while protesters think peaceful defiance will win in the end.
Opposition Leader in Belarus Averts Expulsion by Tearing Up Passport
Maria Kolesnikova, who was abducted on Monday by Belarusian security agents, found a way to foil their plans.
Belarus Protest Leader Vanishes Amid Reports of Masked Abductors
With large-scale demonstrations showing little sign of winding down, President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko’s security forces appear to have shifted from mass repression to more targeted disappearances.
Protesters Flood Streets in Belarus but Lukashenko Refuses to Bend
The authorities sealed off streets in the capital to clamp down on demonstrations but mostly refrained from the heavy-handed violence.
For Putin’s Kremlin, Aleksei Navalny Is a Threat It Cannot Speak Of
President Vladimir V. Putin has never publicly mentioned the opposition leader’s name in 20 years of speeches and interviews. Why? He is “completely out of their control,” which is intolerable, one analyst says.
Putin Warns Belarus Protesters: Don’t Push Too Hard
He said Russia had formed a security force that could intervene if its neighbor “gets out of control.” But for Mr. Putin, that poses the risk creating another anti-Russian hotbed like Ukraine.
Belarus Protests Test Limits of Lukashenko’s Brutal, One-Man Rule
For 26 years, President Aleksandr Lukashenko has built a regime in his own eccentric, authoritarian image. Now he faces the greatest challenge yet to his hold on power.