Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko, who has been in power for over 30 years, is poised to extend his rule ...

Lukashenko with an axe at a meeting with workers of the Minsk Automobile Plant (MAZ) in Minsk, 21 January 2025. Posted: ...

Belarusians will go to the polls for “presidential elections,” an event seen by many as a “sham,” a “no-choice election” ...

Belarus is a buffer state. That is the geography, and there is no escaping it. But Belarus is not just a buffer. Our country ...

Belarus is on the brink of extending the 30-year rule of its authoritarian leader, President Alexander Lukashenko, who is ...

Other high-profile political prisoners have also been held incommunicado in Belarus, including Maria Kolesnikova, who was part of Babaryko's 2020 presidential campaign team until his arrest.

On January 2, speaking of deliveries to Europe more broadly ... Steve Gutterman is the editor of the Russia/Ukraine/Belarus Desk in RFE/RL's Central Newsroom in Prague and the author of The ...

The Nord Stream route across the Baltic Sea to Germany was blown up in 2022 and the Yamal-Europe pipeline via Belarus has also shut.

The Nord Stream route across the Baltic Sea to Germany was blown up in 2022 and the Yamal-Europe pipeline via Belarus has also shut. Russia shipped about 15 bcm of gas via Ukraine in 2023 ...