MINSK, 15 January (BelTA) – There will be no extra money to finance the Armed Forces, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said on 15 January as he was receiving a report on the 2025 state ...

Lukashenko and his security forces quickly and rather brutally cracked down. There were some 30,000 arrests, including of key opposition figures. Others were forced into exile. Now, if you fast ...

missiles and air defense platforms. Such actions have resulted in blowback for Lukashenko and Belarus. In August 2024, the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control slapped sanctions on ...

Lukashenko accused imprisoned protest leader Maria Kolesnikova -- who tore up her passport during a forced deportation by the KGB in 2020 -- of "breaking" prison rules. He said he personally ...