Alexander Lukashenko, Belarus leader who claims to have won a disputed presidential election, said on Saturday that Vladimir Putin had promised him to help securing safety of Belarus if needed, the state news agency Belta reported. “As far as military matters are concerned, we have an agreement with Russia within […]
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Prominent Russian politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky has compared Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko to an unwanted girl looking for someone to marry, claiming that he is courting Russia, Poland, the EU, and the US. Zhirinovsky, the leader of Russia’s right-wing LDPR, explained that Lukashenko is in a “difficult situation,” like “a girl […]
Mass anti-government protests in Belarus are actually a “color revolution” in action, and Russia may be the next target if the country fails to halt its progress, President Alexander Lukashenko has claimed. Lukashenko, whose reelection for a sixth term last Sunday sparked mass protests over an alleged rigging of the […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/0f/1080177551_0:0:3092:1740_1200x675_80_0_0_903bc1075ea7f359a45dfb98184dc20f.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202008151080177627-lukashenko-says-seeking-to-discuss-current-situation-in-belarus-with-putin/ MINSK (Sputnik) – Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said on Saturday that he was seeking to discuss the current situation in Belarus with Russian President Vladimir Putin. “The aggression against Belarus is going in line with a scenario. I need to contact Putin urgently, […]
Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, candidate for Belarus’ presidential election, smiles as she speaks to people during a meeting in her support in Brest, Belarus, on Aug. 2. Sergei Grits/AP hide caption toggle caption Sergei Grits/AP Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, candidate for Belarus’ presidential election, smiles as she speaks to people during a meeting in […]
A fortnight after their arrest raised eyebrows, and ignoring Ukrainian attempts to extradite most of them, the authorities in Belarus have released 32 Russian citizens they accused of attempting to undermine state security. The KGB claimed the men were fighters from the Wagner private military contractor company who arrived in […]
Demonstrators left the protest-hit Minsk Tractor Works and headed towards government facilities in the center of the capital shortly after the country’s prime minister arrived at the factory to talk to workers. The march on Friday comes amid a wave of anti-government protests in Belarus. The plant, also known by […]
Belarusian deputy police chief Alexander Barsukov has vowed that all those who were taken into temporary custody amid unrest that has gripped Minsk after Sunday’s presidential election, will be released by 6:00 am local time Friday. The official made the announcement as he was visiting a temporary detention facility in […]
The internet is back in Belarus, according to reports, but the outage sheds light on what kind of technologies might help ordinary citizens get around such blackouts in future. The internet was down nationwide for almost three days this week during protests following a controversial presidential election that resulted in […]
13 Aug, 2020 19:04 Follow RT on After police in Belarus violently dispersed protests against election results, arresting thousands, the country’s police minister apologized to ‘random’ people caught up in the violence, but not those he called rioters. “I offer apologies for the injuries of random people who got caught […]
Elon Musk has responded to a plea from the Belarussian opposition to use his leverage “to stop dictatorship”. People on Twitter were full of ideas about how the extravagant billionaire can help. Belarus is dealing with the worst wave of anti-government protests the country has seen in a decade, and […]
With videos and comments on Belarus and the results of its presidential election trending high on Twitter, some active netizens have moved to garner the Tesla and SpaceX founder’s support. As soon as Elon Musk was tagged in a Twitter post requesting to spread the word on the political protests […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/0b/1080133197_0:0:2992:1682_1200x675_80_0_0_141877d41043fcb77efa32337857598e.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202008131080152260-two-ruptly-stringers-released-days-after-being-detained-in-belarus/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – RT and Sputnik Editor-in-Chief Margarita Simonyan on Thursday announced that two stringers from the video news agency Ruptly, who were detained in Belarus while covering the protests against the presidential election, had been released. “Our stringers have been released! Thanks […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/0d/1080150395_0:148:1893:1212_1200x675_80_0_0_517c502aac6ee19ab4704f14fb325fee.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202008131080150424-pompeo-says-us-may-impose-sanctions-on-belarus-as-protests-in-country-continue/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that the United States might impose sanctions on Belarus over the ongoing wave of violence in the country following the presidential election. “Oh, I’m sure we’ll look at each of these things, and […]
Four days after its presidential election, Belarus continues to be plagued by clashes between demonstrators and law enforcement, with the latter facing a mounting backlash over the crackdown. The unrest showed little signs of abating on Wednesday, amid days of protests following incumbent president Alexander Lukashenko’s landslide victory in Sunday’s […]
Anti-censorship tools saw an uptick in popularity in Belarus, the Eastern European country whose citizens have been protesting for three days after contested presidential elections over the weekend. Residents have been protesting the results of the election Sunday night, which 26-year incumbent Alexander Lukashenko reportedly won in a landslide. Many […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/0b/1080133160_0:2:2355:1326_1200x675_80_0_0_7ed2f42adb77c69c47dde1e4855cc66e.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/russia/202008111080132766-foreign-minister-lavrov-urges-to-release-russian-journalists-detained-in-belarus/ Multiple journalists from various media outlets, including Sputnik Belarus correspondent Evgeny Oleinik, were detained by the police during the weekend amid mass protests in Minsk following the presidential election. Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has called on Minsk to release Russian journalists who […]
The Belarus presidential election ended with mass protests and a nationwide internet outage. The country went offline on Sunday during its presidential election. Major social networks and message sites including Viber, Telegram, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram were inaccessible, as were local news outlets. Following weeks of tension, people streamed into […]
Opposition candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya speaks at a news conference Monday in Minsk, Belarus, after the Belarusian presidential election. Sergei Grits /AP hide caption toggle caption Sergei Grits /AP Opposition candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya speaks at a news conference Monday in Minsk, Belarus, after the Belarusian presidential election. Sergei Grits /AP There’s […]
A protester in Minsk has died from injuries caused by an explosive device he tried to throw at police, Belarusian authorities said, as mass demonstrations against the results of the presidential election continued. The Interior Ministry of Belarus confirmed the death of a man in Minsk on Monday evening, after […]
President of Belarus Aleksander Lukashenko has ordered to use elite Alpha Group to deal with growing nationwide protests after Sunday’s re-election. An elite unit of the State Security Committee of the Republic of Belarus was spotted in the central areas of the Minsk on the evening Monday. The Alpha Group […]
According to preliminary results from Belarus’ election officials, five-term President Alexander Lukashenko won Sunday’s election by a landslide. Opponents of the president, however, accused authorities of election fraud and staged mass protests, sometimes violent, across the country on Sunday night. A female freelance journalist working for Ruptly has been detained in […]
Dozens of people were injured during mass protests which took place in Minsk and other towns of Belarus after initial results of the presidential election were unveiled on Sunday evening. Sputnik Belarus correspondent Evgeny Oleinik, detained after the unrest in Minsk, said he was released. “I left the district office […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202008101080119098-lukashenko-on-minsk-unrest-we-will-not-let-this-tear-belarus-apart/ Earlier, the headquarters of Belarusian opposition candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya indicated that she would not recognize the results of Sunday’s election, and Source link