Veteran Belarus leader Lukashenko signals this may be his final term

Audio By Carbonatix (Reuters) -Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said in an interview published on Friday that he did not intend to seek another term, and denied he was lining up his son as a successor. Lukashenko, a close ally of Russian President …

Belarus: portraits of arbitrarily detained media professionals

Since the sham re-election of President Alexander Lukashenko on 9 August 2020, the noose constraining the country’s independent media has continued to tighten. His legislative arsenal, inspired by Vladimir Putin’s Russia, has made working conditions …

Products, Which Went Up In Price Most Of All In Belarus, Have Been Named

1 One jumped +30.1%. Coffee, chocolate and fruit and vegetable products have become the leaders of price rise in Belarus. This follows from the analytical report of the National Bank on the dynamics and factors of changes in consumer prices and tariffs, …

Belarus’s Lukashenko Rules Out Another Term Bid

Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko, who has held power since 1994, announced that he will not seek another term, putting to rest rumours about a possible attempt to prolong his nearly thirty-year rule. In an interview with Time magazine, segments of …

Belarus journalist is convicted of treason and jailed for 10 years as crackdown on dissent continues

Belarus never offered Russia to help with Ukraine, fearing NATO invasion — Lukashenko

MINSK, August 8. /TASS/. Russia has never pushed Belarus toward plunging into the conflict with Ukraine because it's aware that could trigger the deployment of NATO troops to Ukraine, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said. "Russia …

Lukashenko says trusts Russia to stand by Belarus

MINSK, August 8. /TASS/. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko trusts that Russia will stand by Belarus, through thick and thin. "I know how much Russia values Belarus. It's not Iran or North Korea or Armenia <…> Iran isn't …

Zapad 2025 drills to run deep inside Belarus due to border situation — Lukashenko

MINSK, August 8. /TASS/. The venue for holding the Zapad 2025 Russia-Belarus strategic drills has been moved deep inside Belarus to avoid accusations of the intention to cut off the Suwalki corridor, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said …

Belarus’ military industry strong enough to wage modern war in Ukraine — Lukashenko

MINSK, August 8. /TASS/. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko sees it as possible that the United States could provoke Minsk to enter the Ukraine conflict as a "warring party," something it is more than capable of doing. He made the …

Belarus remains ready to host trilateral talks of Putin, Trump, Zelensky — Lukashenko

MINSK, August 8. /TASS/. In an interview with the US magazine Time, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko reaffirmed his country’s readiness to organize trilateral negotiations between Russian President Vladimir Putin, his US counterpart Donald …