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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A Weekend of Airstrikes Adds Anxiety to Even Ukraine’s Safest Cities
The dozens of the missiles launched by Russian forces into Ukraine over the weekend have raised anxiety in Lviv, even in the relative peace of the country’s northwest.
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.
The Race to Free Ukraine’s Stranded Grain
An operation to bring grain out from Ukraine through Lithuania, with considerable political hurdles, is just one option being considered amid warnings of mass starvation around the world.
Belarus Sentences the Russian Law Student Who Was a Dissident’s Girlfriend to Six Years in Prison
Sofia Sapega was traveling from Greece to Lithuania with her romantic partner, Roman Protasevich, when the Belarusian air traffic control diverted their plane to Minsk, where they were both arrested.
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.
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.
Putin Calls Talks a ‘Dead End’ but Limits War Aim to Eastern Ukraine
It was the first time that President Vladimir Putin himself had defined a more limited military goal: taking control of the Donbas region in the east of Ukraine — not the whole country.
Belarusian Exiles in Ukraine Join the Fight Against Russia’s Invasion
Eager, but ill equipped, some of Belarus’s exiles have formed a battalion in their host country, saying its fight against Vladimir Putin’s domination is the same as their homeland’s.