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Belarus Weekly: EU seeks to criminalize sanctions circumvention, standardizing penalties across...
Kyiv Independent via Yahoo News· 4 days agoFollowing sham elections, Belarus revives the All-Belarus People’s Assembly – crafted as a sanctuary...
Putin’s Nuclear Theatrics
The Atlantic· 7 hours agoThis is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and...
12 lawyers detained as Belarus cracks down on helping political prisoners
Fox News· 6 days agoBelarusian authorities reportedly detained at least 12 lawyers during mass raids last month. The...
RFE/RL: Belarus sentences Ukrainian to 9 years in prison for alleged 'espionage'
Kyiv Independent via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe regional court in Belarus' Homyel sentenced Ukrainian citizen Nataliia Zakharenko to nine years...
Reactions as Vladimir Putin secures a fifth term as Russia’s president after tightly controlled vote
The Washington Times· 16 hours agoVladimir Putin secured an unprecedented fifth term as president of Russia Monday, as the election...
How Russia's grab of Crimea 10 years ago led to war with Ukraine and rising tensions with the West
San Francisco Chronicle· 10 hours agoA decade ago, President Vladimir Putin seized Crimea from Ukraine, a bold land grab that set the...
A Catholic activist in Belarus is handed a 3-year sentence as a crackdown on dissent intensifies
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 4 days agoUladzislau Beladzed, 33, who taught the catechism at the city’s Cathedral of the Holy Name of the...
Putin ally deploys tanks near NATO border
Newsweek· 4 days agoBelarus has reportedly deployed tanks near its border with NATO, while tensions between Russia and the strategic alliance continue to simmer amid the war...
The history of health claims that have dogged Vladimir Putin
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 days agoAnd in a separate meeting with Belarusian leader and ally Alexander Lukashenko he could be seen...
Belarusians vote in a tightly controlled election as the opposition calls for its boycott
McComb Enterprise-Journal· 7 days agoLukashenko was believed a few years ago to be considering whether to lead the new body after stepping down, but his calculus has apparently changed, and he announced on Sunday that he will run ...