Vladimir Makey, who led the Belarusian Foreign Ministry since 2012, died suddenly at age 64 on Saturday, Belarusian news agency Belta reported, citing the ministry’s spokesman, Anatoly Glaz. The news outlet has not provided any details about the circumstances or causes of the minister’s death. A career diplomat, Makey worked …
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Vladimir Putin has received the unusual gift of a tractor as a birthday present from Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. The Russian leader turned 70 on Friday. Lukashenko was asked what he would give Putin as he arrived at the Konstantinovsky Palace in St. Petersburg for an informal summit of leaders …
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The denouement in the Ukraine conflict is coming soon, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has predicted, alleging that there are tensions emerging between the country’s armed forces and its civilian leadership. Speaking on Thursday during a virtual class for all Belarusian school and university students, Lukashenko said that “Ukraine is …
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Ukrainian and Belarusian teams won’t be drawn against one another in UEFA competitions, the European football governing body has ruled. The decision was made at an Executive Committee meeting on Friday and is another measure made in response to the military conflict in Ukraine currently being led by Russia with …
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A Belarusian cross-country skier has left the country after being banned from competition, with her family saying she was targeted by the authorities due to their political views. Darya Dolidovich, 17, who now lives in Poland with her family, spoke to Reuters in an interview on Tuesday along with her …
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Troops from Russia and Belarus have begun joint drills as part of combat readiness training, ahead of the planned ‘Union Resolve 2022’ exercises due to take place later this month, the Russian Defense Ministry announced on Wednesday. The ministry published a video showing tanks, helicopters, and other military vehicles engaging …
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Just a year and a half on from Belarus’ hotly disputed presidential election, the Eastern European nation’s long-time leader Alexander Lukashenko has admitted, at least jokingly, that he might not be entirely focused on maintaining a positive public opinion. Asked to provide his take on the “essence of Belarusian democracy” by a journalist during a …
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Lukashenko refused to entertain the idea after he was asked, in an interview with British state broadcaster BBC, about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s suggestion that the authorities in Minsk should begin discussions with their political opponents. Lukashenko explicitly named exiled opposition figure Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, who is now based in Lithuania. …
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Zapad – which means ‘West’ in Russian – is hosted as a joint exercise between the two nations every four years. This year, over 800 vehicles and about 200,000 personnel took part, including around 2,000 military personnel from other allied nations, including India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Mongolia. This year’s exercise …
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In a statement issued on Friday, Moscow’s Ministry of Defense confirmed that the Zapad-2021 drills had begun in earnest, across 14 separate training grounds from the Baltic Sea to Central Russian cities like Voronezh and Nizhny Novgorod. © function.mil.ru Troops from former Soviet republics, including Armenia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, as …
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