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    • Monday, 15 May, 2023
      Alexander Lukashenko
      Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko re-emerges after health scare

      President appears with bandaged arm after struggling in Russia last week

    • Saturday, 13 May, 2023
      Europe Express
      Belarus caught in the crossfire Premium content

      Achieving democracy and genuine national independence may depend on the outcome of the war in Ukraine

    • Friday, 31 March, 2023
      Tennis
      Russian tennis players allowed back to compete at Wimbledon

      UK sport’s governing body reverses ban imposed last year following invasion of Ukraine

    • Sunday, 26 March, 2023
      Russian politics
      Putin plans to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus

      Russian president denies the move would violate Moscow’s non-proliferation obligations

    • Tuesday, 17 January, 2023
      Interview
      Belarus opposition leader warns of ‘massive disobedience’ if Lukashenko mobilises for Ukraine war

      Dictator is more vulnerable than he looks, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya tells FT in Davos

    • Thursday, 13 October, 2022
      News in-depthWar in Ukraine
      Military briefing: Ukraine frets about a new Belarus front

      Threat of attack from north could draw troops away from Kyiv’s counteroffensives

    • Friday, 7 October, 2022
      Nobel prizes
      Belarus, Russia and Ukraine rights activists awarded Nobel Peace prize

      Laureates praised for ‘outstanding effort to document war crimes, human right abuses and the abuse of power’

    • Sunday, 7 August, 2022
      Tony Barber
      The thirst for freedom in Belarus is unquenchable

      Two years after pro-democracy protests swept the nation, opponents of the Lukashenko regime can take heart from Polish history

    • Friday, 5 August, 2022
      Frederick Studemann
      Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s ‘million small acts of courage’

      The Belarusian exile’s visit to a memorial to Nazism’s victims was a powerful reminder of the cost of resisting oppression

    • Friday, 29 July, 2022
      Poland
      Poland battles ‘forgotten’ refugee crisis with Belarus border fence

      Tens of thousands of people, mainly from the Middle East, have tried to enter the country since last summer

    • Saturday, 25 June, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      Russia fires volley of missile strikes at targets across Ukraine

      Ukrainian defence intelligence chief says attacks conducted from Belarus in bid to pull Minsk into war

    • Wednesday, 1 June, 2022
      News in-depthCommodities
      Ukraine war sparks rush for potash as global food fears grow

      Producers of crucial crop fertiliser look to boost output after sanctions hit supply from Russia and Belarus

    • Tuesday, 19 April, 2022
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      Russian aggression may cause global starvation

      Rich countries have an obligation to contain growing food price crisis

    • Friday, 15 April, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      Russian trucks stuck in long queues to leave Poland as EU ban deadline looms

      Vehicles taking days to clear customs at key chokepoints on border with Belarus

    • Saturday, 19 March, 2022
      News in-depthWar in Ukraine
      Stalled Russian offensive increases pressure on Belarus to join invasion

      President Alexander Lukashenko has limited ability to resist Kremlin if called upon to contribute troops, say analysts

    • Thursday, 17 March, 2022
      ReviewTheatre
      Five stars for Belarus Free Theatre’s Dogs of Europe and Cock with Taron Egerton

      Also on the London stage: Dennis Kelly’s After the End at the Theatre Royal Stratford East

    • Wednesday, 9 March, 2022
      Russian business & finance
      EU adds 14 more Russian business chiefs to its sanctions list

      Measures target executives at coal and fertiliser producers as well as lawmakers

    • Friday, 4 March, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      Canada inspires other nations to consider tariffs on Russian trade

      US and EU explore further sanctions after Ottawa uses WTO security exemption to withdraw ‘most favoured nation’ status

    • Thursday, 3 March, 2022
      Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
      China-based AIIB freezes lending to Russia and Belarus over Ukraine war

      Development bank’s move threatens to strain relations between Beijing and Moscow

    • Tuesday, 1 March, 2022
      Abrdn Plc
      Abrdn rules out Russia investment for ‘foreseeable future’

      Fund manager has reduced exposure to country to 0.5% of total assets

    • Monday, 28 February, 2022
      News in-depth
      Belarus’s tilt to Russia complicates Europe’s security calculations

      Alexander Lukashenko is no longer trying to tread a line between Moscow and the west

    • Friday, 25 February, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      Nato alarmed by Belarus role in Ukraine assault

      France and Baltic states cite risks of Putin ally hosting nuclear weapons and Russian forces

    • Monday, 21 February, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      Biden and Putin agree ‘in principle’ to summit on Ukraine

      Kremlin says ‘no concrete plans’ for such a meeting but does not rule it out

    • Sunday, 20 February, 2022
      News in-depthWar in Ukraine
      Baltic states fear encirclement as Russia threat rises

      Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia worry about Belarus and being cut off from Europe

    • Saturday, 12 February, 2022
      InterviewEstonia
      Estonia’s president warns of Russian hybrid warfare

      Alar Karis says Baltics should be ready for cyber attacks and migrant flows being used against them

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