The last time Belarus staged a presidential election in 2020, authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko was declared the winner with 80% of the vote. That triggered cries of fraud, months of protests and a harsh crackdown with thousands of arrests.

Having missed almost four years of her son's life while incarcerated in a Belarusian prison, Irina Schastnaya still wants to zip up the 14-year-old's coat, struggling to digest how tall he grew in her absence.

Kursk Oblast looks forward to the participation of Belarus in the reconstruction of the region, Alexander Khinshtein Acting Governor of Russia’s Kursk Oblast, told the media after a meeting with Belarusian Ambassador to Russia Aleksandr Rogozhnik in Moscow.

The aggressor country of russia intends to annex Belarus within the next ten years in order to further use the economic resources and geographical position to

Russian troops used Belarus as a staging ground during their February 2022 assault on Kyiv. Meanwhile, Lukashenko has boasted that Belarus is playing host to dozens of Russian nuclear weapons, and revealed in December that he was anticipating the arrival of new hypersonic missiles .

During a meeting with Governor of Russia’s Irkutsk Region Igor Kobzev, Belarus’ Ambassador to Russia Aleksandr Rogozhnik discussed the

Pupils of Grade 5D, from a Pushkino school near Moscow, wrote a letter to Aleksandr Lukashenko on the eve of the New Year, wishing him

Belarus and Russia are discussing the possibility of signing an interstate program in the field of aircraft building until 2035.

Belarus is holding a presidential election on Sunday that will secure another five-year mandate for Alexander Lukashenko, who has been in power for over three decades and crushed all opposition.

Russia is obliged to ensure the security of its ally Belarus within the framework of the Russian-Belarusian Union and will not leave Belarus in the lurch if it is subjected to aggression, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday.

Russia and Ukraine have each released 25 captured prisoners of war in the first exchange of 2025, both countries said Wednesday.

MOSCOW. Jan 13 (Interfax) - The Ukrainian government has approved Kiev's withdrawal from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) agreement on visits to soldiers' graves and military monuments to Great Patriotic War veterans.