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Putin arrives in Belarus for a two-day visit with a key ally
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Putin arrives in Belarus for a two-day visit with a key ally

NEW DELHI: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday, arrived in Belarus for a two-day visit. He was received by his Belgian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko. Lukashenko…

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Vladimir Putin hosts Lukashenko, says Ukraine counter-offensive has failed
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Vladimir Putin hosts Lukashenko, says Ukraine counter-offensive has failed

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Ukraine‘s counteroffensive “has failed” as he hosted Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko, his close ally, for talks in St Petersburg on…

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Lukashenko: Wagner chief still in Russia, not Belarus: Lukashenko
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Lukashenko: Wagner chief still in Russia, not Belarus: Lukashenko

MINSK: Belarusian President Alexandr Lukashenko said on Thursday that the mutinous chief of Russia’s Wagner group was still in Russia with thousands of fighters, but…

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Belarus: Belarus crackdown targets not just political activists but also their lawyers
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Belarus: Belarus crackdown targets not just political activists but also their lawyers

TALLINN (ESTONIA): For nearly three years, a harsh crackdown on dissent in Belarus by its authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko has filled the country’s penal colonies…

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Russia: 'Join Russia-Belarus union & there can be N-arms for all'
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Russia: ‘Join Russia-Belarus union & there can be N-arms for all’

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said that if any other country wanted to join a Russia-Belarus union there could be “nuclear weapons for everyone”. Russia moved…

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Nobel peace laureate transferred to brutal prison in Belarus, his wife says
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Nobel peace laureate transferred to brutal prison in Belarus, his wife says

TALLINN (ESTONIA): Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski has been transferred to a notoriously brutal prison in Belarus and hasn’t been heard from in a…

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Belarus And Russia: Belarus leader says he wants guarantees that Russia will defend his country if it is attacked - BelTA
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Belarus And Russia: Belarus leader says he wants guarantees that Russia will defend his country if it is attacked – BelTA

MOSCOW: Alexander Lukashenko, the president of Belarus, told Russia‘s defence minister on Monday that he wanted guarantees that Moscow would defend his country if it…

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Putin: Russian President Putin, Belarus's Lukashenko hold talks on defence, economic ties
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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…

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Putin: Putin taking Belarus as 'nuclear hostage': Ukraine official
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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…

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Russia: Kyiv says Russia took Minsk 'hostage' with tactical nukes plan
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Russia: Kyiv says Russia took Minsk ‘hostage’ with tactical nukes plan

KYIV: Kyiv on Sunday said Russia took Minsk as a “nuclear hostage” after President Vladimir Putin announced the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus,…

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