Rights groups, activists and independent media in Russia and Belarus endured increased government scrutiny, repressive laws and even were shut down and forced to operate from exile abroad.

Belarusian people demonstrated exceptional wisdom, historian Yevgeny Spitsyn said in the latest episode of the V Teme [On Point] project on BelTA's YouTube channel.

Well, we get: the ground forces are 680,000 plus 500,000 — this is almost 1,200,000. Where can Putin afford to send a 100,000 ...

The acclamation of Alexander Lukashenko as Belarus president for a seventh straight term was confirmed on January 26. The ...

A project manager in Belarus's once-flourishing tech industry, Andrei Dorin admits his sector is in "crisis".Thousands of ...

General Serhiy Nayev said the border is "fortified with more than half a million mines. All the bridges there have been blown ...

When Volodymyr Zelensky said he was ready to negotiate with Vladimir Putin in order to end the war, it wasn't the first time ...

The southern Druzhba route via Ukraine saw total Russian oil flows to the EU member states decline by 15% to 11.5 million tons last year, according to Vedomosti’s sources. This equals about 230,300 ...

Belarusian leader and Russian ally Alexander Lukashenko extended his 31-year rule on Monday after electoral officials ...

Near a border checkpoint between Belarus and Ukraine, anti-tank spikes and concrete pyramids block what was once a bustling ...

Russia and Ukraine carried out a prisoner exchange involving 150 people from each side. The United Arab Emirates mediated ...

Branded a terrorist by Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko’s regime for taking part in Ukraine’s fight against Russia, Vasyl Verameichyk was paraded on state-controlled television in late January ...