2 month agoIt is definitely the biggest anti-Russian protest in Minsk. Observers counted 1700-2000 people. People came despite mass threats, preventive arrests, provocations, and weather. The main slogan: "No Union with Imperial Russia"
Moscow and Minsk for 20 years of the Union Treaty failed to fulfill many of its points - Putin
2 month agoRussian Minister Oreshkin on Belarus-Russia talks: There are 3 groups of issues left (oil, gas and taxes) that block the final agreements.
The talks between Putin and Lukashenka have ended. They lasted 90 minutes - unusually short for Russian-Belarusian summits. No final communique or press-conference
Putin meets Lukashenka: The experience of the Union State is important not only for Russia and Belarus, but also for partners including the EAEU
2 month agoPresident of Belarus Lukashenka has arrived in Russia for new round of talks with Putin on integration
Lukashenko approves new defense plan for Belarus
Belarus will support integration with Russia only on an equal basis: speaker of the Council of the Republic
Russia will not subsidize the economy of Belarus by lowering gas prices - Putin
Putin said that together with Lukashenka he decided to deepen integration within the Union State
Russian PM Medvedev and Belarus PM Rumas discussed integration questions on the phone
2 month agoRussian Law enforcement agencies search offices and apartments of tycoon Mikhail Gutseriev, reportedly in the case of smuggling of oil to Ukraine and Belarus
2 month agoDW published interview with Belarus dissident Yuriy Garvskiy, he claims that he is ex-member of Belarus security service SOBR, and was a member of "death squad", that according to him assassinated Lukashenka critics: Yuriy Zaharenko, Viktor Gonchar and Anatoliy Krasovskiy
Belarus signed an agreement with China on a loan equivalent to $500 million
2 month agoBelarus ministries changing "laws of Belarus" to "laws" in documents
Moscow is worried about the increased activity of NATO along the borders of Belarus and the Russian Federation and the decisions taken at the summit to increase the military budgets of the alliance countries - Lavrov
Russian State Duma committee has supported draft law on abolition of Russian language tests for citizens of Belarus and Ukraine while applying for Russian Federation citizenship
President of Belarus Lukashenka not excluding more meetings with Putin after meeting on 20th December
Moscow and Minsk have not yet discussed the creation of a single parliament and a single currency - Secretary of State of the Union State of Russia and Belarus Rapota
Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Belarus, First Deputy Minister of Defense Oleg Belokonev said that Minsk is ready for exercises with NATO, if the alliance understands the strategic partnership of the republic with the Russian Federation.
Lukashenka left Sochi without press statements, next meeting set on 20 December
The next meeting between Lukashenka and Putin is scheduled for December 20 - Oreshkin
Russian President Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenka after two hours of negotiations continued face-to-face communication.
2 month agoLukashenka and Putin started talks in Sochi
Lukashenka: we do not ask Russia for cheap oil and gas, the terms must be fair
Lukashenka at a meeting with Putin: much remains to be done in the framework of integration, but much has already been done
2 month agoRally now at the square in central Minsk
Small brawl between demonstrators and plain-clothes police agents at Kastrynycnickaja
2 month agoDemonstrators chanting "we will send Sasha to Russia" (Sasha is Alexander Lukashenka)
2 month agoPresident of Belarus Lukashenka has arrived in Sochi, meeting with Putin scheduled for the later today
