A former security services official is charged with helping to abduct three men in Minsk in 1999. He’s being tried in Switzerland under universal jurisdiction.
Tag: Lukashenko, Aleksandr G
Russia Denies Killing Prigozhin, Calling the Idea Anti-Putin Propaganda
The Kremlin and its proxies rebuffed suggestions that it was responsible for destroying a plane that reportedly carried the chief of the Wagner mercenary group.
Prigozhin, Wagner Leader, Believed to Be on Plane in Deadly Russia Crash
All 10 people on a jet linked to Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, the founder of the mercenary group, were killed on Wednesday, Russian officials said.
Poland and Lithuania Warn Against ‘Provocations’ From Wagner in Belarus
The notice came a few days after two helicopters bearing Belarusian flags violated Polish airspace.
Ales Pushkin, Dissident Artist in Belarus, Is Dead in Prison at 57
A “holy fool,” in his words, he railed against the repressive Lukashenko government, once with a pile of manure. He died under mysterious circumstances.
In Belarus, the Protests Were Three Years Ago. The Crackdown Is Never-Ending.
Aleksandr G. Lukashenko brutally repressed those who opposed his claim of re-election as president. The crackdown on dissent has only deepened since.
Wagner Convoy Arrives at Camp in Belarus
The troop movements are the private company’s biggest — and most public — showing since its failed rebellion in Russia last month.
Putin Says Wagner Can Keep Fighting for Russia, but Without Prigozhin
As Russia’s president reasserts control after a failed mutiny, he wants to sideline the Wagner leader while keeping its fighters — who have started training troops in Belarus — working for him.
Wagner Fighters Are Training Forces in Belarus, Defense Ministry Says
Television news footage of a training exercise involving the Russian mercenaries offered a rare, if vague, glimpse of the group after its failed mutiny last month.
No Wagner Group Here: Riddles Grow as Belarus Displays an Empty Base
Two weeks after the Wagner mercenary group’s rebellion against Russian military leadership, its fate is as murky as ever — as is the purpose of a newly revived military base in Belarus.