Alexander Lukashenko

Belarus frees 25 more prisoners in return for easing of US sanctions

Coale told Reuters on Wednesday he expects to visit the country again around one month from now, hoping to secure the release of hundreds more prisoners.

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FILE PHOTO: Released political prisoners arrive in Vilnius after a prisoner release from Belarus on March 19, 2026. Belarus freed 250 political prisoners on March 19, 2026 following negotiations with the United States.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko attend a meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State of Russia and Belarus, in Moscow, Russia February 26, 2026.

Russia pumps up pressure on Belarus to open new front in Ukraine war, eyes anti-NATO ops. - WSJ

Sources told the WSJ that if Belarus were used for a Russian attack, it could be aimed at testing NATO defenses or more attempts at undermining support for Ukraine.

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) Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro (L) exchanges documents with Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) prior to the meeting with President of Russia, May 7, 2025 in Moscow, Russia

Putin calls Maduro, Lukashenko meets Venezuela envoy as Trump cranks up pressure

Russia and its close ally Belarus reached out to Venezuela's embattled leader, Nicolas Maduro, on Thursday as US President Donald Trump ramps up pressure for his removal.

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Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko attends a meeting with Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission Mikhail Myasnikovich in Minsk, Belarus November 30, 2020.

Belarus frees 52 prisoners after Trump appeal, US eases some sanctions on Minsk

Trump had previously urged Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, to release detainees whom the US leader has described as "hostages."

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Belarus court sentences Nobel Peace Prize winner to 10 years in prison -TASS

Byalyatski is a pro-democracy activist and founder of the Viasna human rights group which provided aid to Belarusian protesters in 2020.

MARCH 3, 2023ByREUTERS
Human rights activist Ales Byalyatski, founder of the organisation Viasna (Belarus), receives the 2020 Right Livelihood Award at the digital award ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden December 3, 2020.

Belarus detains former presidential candidate

Andrei Dmitriev, 41, an activist who leads an anti-Lukashenko social movement was detained in the capital Minsk on Wednesday, according to a message posted on his Facebook page.

JANUARY 12, 2023ByREUTERS
Presidential candidate Andrey Dmitriev addresses the media in front of the parliament building in Minsk, Belarus August 4, 2020.

Ukraine-Russia War: Belarus closes off parts of border region

Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Belarus on Monday, raising fears in Kyiv of increased coordination between the two allies amid the invasion of Ukraine.

DECEMBER 21, 2022ByREUTERS
Service members of the 38th Brest Separate Guards Air Assault Brigade of the Belarusian armed forces drive vehicles during a snap inspection of troops' combat readiness at an unknown location in Belarus, in this handout picture released December 13, 2022.

Russia wants Ukraine to be 'dependent dictatorship' - Nobel Peace Prize winner

Byalyatski's wife accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in his name and in the name of all "prisoners of conscience in Belarus."

DECEMBER 10, 2022ByREUTERS
Natalia Pinchuk, wife of Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Byalyatski from Belarus, addresses the news conference at the Nobel Institute, as Bialiatski, Memorial and CCL receive the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize for their work for human rights in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine, in Oslo, Norway December 9, 2022.

Russia to station up to 9,000 troops on Belarus' border

"Russian servicemen who are part of the (regional grouping) began to arrive in Belarus," a Belarussian defense ministry official stated.

OCTOBER 16, 2022ByREUTERS
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko in Saint Petersburg, Russia June 25, 2022

Russia pushing for Belarus to enter war - Ukraine intel

Defense Intelligence of Ukraine said in a statement that they are seeing measures that are being taken by Russia to try and convince Belarus to join the war.

OCTOBER 10, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in Moscow

Putin receives tractor, mountain of melons for 70th birthday

From tractors to melons to special prayers, what would you give Russian President Vladimir Putin for his birthday?

OCTOBER 8, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Denis Pushilin, Leonid Pasechnik, Vladimir Saldo, Yevgeny Balitsky, who are the Russian-installed leaders in Ukraine's Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions, attend a ceremony to declare the annexation of the Russian-controlled territories

Belarus leader Lukashenko's son evades sanctions in Israel - report

Diplomatic sources in Jerusalem were unaware of Lukashenko's presence and said they would look into it.

AUGUST 30, 2022ByLAHAV HARKOV
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko in Saint Petersburg, Russia June 25, 2022

Why Russia’s Belarus missile deployment matters - analysis

Iran may learn from Russia's movement of missiles to Belarus and draw conclusions about its own use of missiles in the region.

JUNE 26, 2022BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Russian President Vladimir Putin gives an interview to Rossiya-1 TV channel in Sochi

Belarus to deploy special forces to southern border near Ukraine

Belarus is also deploying air defense, artillery and missile units for drills in the west, Gulevich said.

MAY 10, 2022ByREUTERS
Russian servicemen equip an Iskander tactical missile system at the Army-2015 international military-technical forum in Kubinka, outside Moscow, Russia, June 17, 2015.