Tag: belarus
Putin: Russian President Putin, Belarus’s Lukashenko hold talks on defence, economic ties
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Belarusian counterpart on Thursday discussed expanding the economic cooperation and bolstering the defence ties between their nations, which…
Belarus: Russia to place nuclear weapons near Belarus’ borders with Nato
Russia will move its tactical nuclear weapons close to the western borders of Belarus, the Russian envoy to Minsk said on Sunday, placing them at…
Russia: Why does Russia want tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus?
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin‘s announcement that he intends to deploy tactical nuclear weapons on the territory of Belarus appears to be another attempt to…
Poland: Belarus accuses Poland of causing long delays at EU border
Belarus on Monday accused Poland of causing long delays at its border with the European Union by slowing the movement of trucks, alleging that Warsaw…
Belarus: No indication of Putin moving nuclear weapons to Belarus: US
WASHINGTON: The United States has not seen any indication that Russia has moved any nuclear weapons into Belarus, State Department spokesperson Vedant Patel said adding…
Belarus: EU threatens new sanctions on Minsk if Belarus hosts Russian nukes
BRUSSELS: The EU’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Sunday that Brussels was ready to impose new sanctions on Belarus if Minsk were to…
Putin: Ukraine demands emergency UN meeting over Putin nuclear plan
KYIV: Ukraine‘s government on Sunday called for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council to “counter the Kremlin’s nuclear blackmail” after Russian President Vladimir…
Putin: Putin taking Belarus as ‘nuclear hostage’: Ukraine official
KYIV: Ukraine’s top security official on Sunday denounced the Kremlin’s plans to station tactical atomic weapons in Belarus, saying that Russia was taking its ally…
Belarus: Belarus sentences exiled opposition leader to 15 years
TALLINN: A court in Belarus on Monday sentenced exiled opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya to 15 years in prison after a trial in absentia on charges…
Belarus: Belarus court sentences Nobel Peace Prize winner to 10 years in prison
MOSCOW: A court in Belarus on Friday sentenced Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski to 10 years in prison, Russian state-owned news agency TASS reported,…