The Belarusian opposition leader said peace talks on Ukraine should not just concern Russian troops in Ukraine but also those ...

Belarus is one of the few countries with a high level of competence in microelectronics – as noted by President Aleksandr Lukashenko ...

The first high-profile exchange took place on February 10, 1962, when Soviet intelligence officer William Fischer (better known as Rudolf Abel), arrested in New York on June 21, 1957, was exchanged ...

Belarusian authorities have released an imprisoned U.S. citizen, a Belarusian journalist for a U.S.-funded media outlet and ...

US Envoy for Hostages Adam Boehler said in a CNN interview that one American was among the three detainees. He said that ...

Washington — At least one U.S. citizen who had been detained in Belarus was released Wednesday, the United States' top hostage negotiator said, one of three prisoners being freed.

Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, Belarus’s autocratic president and Russia’s closest ally, has taken steps to soften his country’s ...

Andrey Kuznechyk, a journalist with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, was one of those released from a Belarusian prison after ...

An American is one of three hostages released from Belarus, the White House has announced. The identity of the hostage has ...

Accused Russian money launderer Alexander Vinnik is being released from US custody in exchange for Marc Fogel, a Trump ...

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.