Democracy advocates from Belarus, Russia and Ukraine were jointly awarded the world’s most prestigious peace prize, an implicit condemnation of the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine and repression at home.
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In Ukraine, the sharing of the prize prompts some backlash.
Some saw the decision to group a Ukrainian organization with human rights defenders from Russia and Belarus — two of the country’s aggressors — as an affront.
In Ukraine, Sharing the Nobel Peace Prize Prompts Backlash
Some saw the decision to group a Ukrainian organization with human rights defenders from Russia and Belarus — two of the country’s aggressors — as an affront.
Who Is Ales Bialiatski, the Belarusian Nobel Peace Prize Laureate?
Ales Bialiatski was part of a dissident group that helped lay the groundwork in the late Soviet period for a movement calling for the independence of Belarus.
Shelling of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant Raises Fears and Outrage
President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of “nuclear blackmail” as the two sides traded blame.
Russia Unleashes a Missile Barrage, While Inching Ahead in Eastern Ukraine
Some of the missiles were launched from Belarus, whose leader is meeting Saturday with the Russian president.
Belarus’s Leader, ‘Europe’s Last Dictator,’ Burnishes Links to Russia
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia met with President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko of Belarus on Saturday amid questions over how far Minsk will allow itself to be drawn into the war.
North of Kyiv, the Russians Retreated. But the War Never Left.
In the Ukrainian villages near the Russian border, shells still explode and checkpoints and trenches dot the landscape. And wary civilians live in fear the enemy will return.
Brazil Replenishes Stockpiles of Russian Fertilizer
Officials expected the war to trap up to 15 percent of the world’s fertilizer exports in Russia. But Brazil and other countries have found a way to get it.
Stanislav Shushkevich, First Leader of Post-Soviet Belarus, Dies at 87
He helped formalize the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991, led his country until 1994, then became a vocal critic of his successor, Aleksandr G. Lukashenko.