Vladimir Makei served 10 years as the foreign minister of Belarus, a key geopolitical battleground between Russia and the West.
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Russian Troops in Belarus Spur Debate Over the Threat to Ukraine
The United States and its allies are playing down the dangers posed by the deployment of thousands of Russian soldiers to Belarus, but the intelligence assessments come with a dose of uncertainty.
Strikes Hit Staging Ground for Troops in Russia’s Border Region
Explosions rocked Belgorod and the city of Donetsk on Sunday, signaling that the mayhem unleashed by Russia’s invasion is spreading far beyond the front lines.
Belarus Wavers as Putin Presses It to Join Ukraine War
The country’s strongman, Aleksandr Lukashenko, finds himself in a bind. He survives with support from Russia, but entering the fight could be “political suicide.”
With Attacks on Ukraine, Putin Gives Hard-Liners What They Wanted
A sharp shift toward deadly strikes signaled that domestic pressure over Russia’s flailing war effort had escalated to the point where Vladimir Putin felt a decisive show of force was necessary.
Lukashenko Says Russian Troops Will Return to Belarus in Large Numbers
Statements by President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, an eccentric and highly erratic dictator, are rarely an accurate guide to current or future events.
Nobel Peace Prize Winners Share a Past Shadowed by Russian Abuses
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.
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.