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.

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

) 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

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


Russia planned to invade Belarus after Lukashenko was reelected - GUR

Belarus, ruled by the self-declared last dictator of Europe Alexander Lukashenko, is one of Russia's closest allies.

RUSSIAN PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin (right) gestures next to Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko during their meeting at the Sirius educational center, in the Black sea resort of Sochi, Russia, on February 15.

Russian Ukraine talks are at a 'dead end' - Putin

"We didn't have a choice. It was the right decision," he said, joined by Belarusian President Lukashenko, on the 61st anniversary of the first manned space flight.

 Russian President Vladimir Putin visits the construction site of the Amur launch complex for Angara rockets at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Amur Region, Russia April 12, 2022.

Russia-Ukraine war: 21,000 civilians killed, mayor of Mariupol estimates

Putin and Lukashenko meet • Russian assault on Mariupol continues, at least 10,000 killed • 9 humanitarian corridors opened

 AN AERIAL PHOTO taken from a drone on Sunday shows destroyed residential buildings in the southern Ukrainian port city of Mariupol.

Belarus claims to have thwarted anti-Russian terror attack

According to Russian state media, Belarusian secret services thwarted a group of people planning to stage a terrorist attack at a railway station

 MEMBERS OF the Belarusian military take part in a Victory Day parade last May in Minsk, marking the anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II.

US to provide Ukraine with military assistance

Switzerland has advised its citizens to leave Russia. * Finnish president tells Putin immediate ceasefire needed in Ukraine

 US PRESIDENT Joe Biden delivers remarks on Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in the East Room of the White House on Thursday.

Facebook OKs Ukraine war posts urging violence against invading Russians

The social media company is also temporarily allowing some posts that call for death to Russian President Vladimir Putin or Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko

 Facebook's new rebrand logo Meta is seen on smartpone in front of displayed logo of Facebook, Messenger, Intagram, Whatsapp and Oculus in this illustration picture taken October 28, 2021

Belarus says diplomat badly hurt in 'attack' at London embassy

One of the diplomats was treated for a broken nose.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko visits a polling station during the presidential election in Minsk

Belarus jails opposition leader's husband for 18 years

A court found video blogger Syarhei Tsikhanouski guilty of organizing mass unrest and of inciting social hatred and handed him one of the longest sentences in modern Belarusian history.

Syarhei Tsikhanouski, a video blogger and the husband of Belarus' opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, is escorted before a court hearing in Gomel (Homel), Belarus, December 14, 2021.

Religious clergy urge aid for asylum seekers on Polish-Belarusian border

Thousands of migrants and asylum seekers have are facing dire circumstances on the Eastern European border after becoming trapped in an international spat.

 Polish soldiers and police watch migrants at the Poland/Belarus border near Kuznica, Poland, in this photograph released by the Territorial Defence Forces, November 12, 2021.

Belarus must be held accountable for human trafficking, Baltic states say

'We ... condemn the actions taken by the Lukashenko regime instrumentalizing migrants for political purposes,' the presidents of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia said on Monday.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko gestures as he delivers a speech during a rally of his supporters near the Government House in Independence Square in Minsk, Belarus August 16, 2020