1 week agoOpen Russia activist Sergei Zuev and his 13-year-old daughter were detained while protesting outside the Presidential Administration in Moscow against Putin's support for Lukashenka
US company @Sandvine announces it has terminated its agreement with Belarus, will no longer sell its products there, following our @business investigation that revealed its tech was being used to censor the country's internet
Vilnius is concerned about the "attack scenario" of the exercises of Russia and Belarus - Commander-in-Chief of the Lithuanian Armed Forces
Russia defense ministry says its forces will join those of host Belarus, plus Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan for joint military drills Oct. 12-16
Rally of students of Belarus State University of Information Technologies
The Russian-Belarusian exercises have started, the Russian Defense Ministry said
Journalist Irina Kuptsevich was detained in Bobruisk
1 week agoRA76638 RussianAF IL76MD appears to be on same route - perhaps by-passing Minsk. 0951z
1 week agoRA878842 RussianAF IL76MD looks to be in descent for Minsk, Belarus. 0949z
EU does not consider Lukashenka to be legitimate President of Belarus - Borrell
Belarus does not rule out the use of force to respond to military threats within the framework of agreements between the Union State and the CSTO - Ministry of Defense
1 week agoA group of hackers who call themselves "cyberpartisans" attacked a number of websites related to the Belarus ministry of internal affairs, presidential administration,and the chamber of commerce
Kremlin: there will be no repeat of situation with the loan to Belarus as it was with the loan to Ukraine in the times of Yanukovich, it is not personal loan, but for Belarusian people
Putin and Lukashenka discussed energy supplies, the result is constructive - Peskov
Lukashenka is the legitimate president of Belarus - the Kremlin
Part of the new loan to Belarus will be used to pay previous Russian loans, - Kremlin
Putin supported Lukashenka's initiative to carry out constitutional reform in Belarus, Peskov said.
Putin and Lukashenka did not discuss the deployment of a Russian military base in Belarus, Dmitry Peskov said.
1 week agoSeveral detained at rally at Ploscha Nezalezhnosti in Minsk
Putin-Lukashenka meeting concluded after 4 hours and 20 minutes. There will be no statement to press
Tsikhanouskaya: new Russian loan is personal loan for Lukashenka, I hope Putin understand that Lukashenka will have to pay for it, not Belarusian people
1 week agoLukashenka: "We should not ask anyone whether or not to conduct military exercises"
Lukashenka: the situation in Belarus should be discussed in the CSTO
Lukashenka: Russia and Belarus must prepare their armies to withstand external aggression
You are right, in military part we have a plan, and it will be implemented - Putin
1 week agoMost important thing is not to cross the red lines - Lukashenka
We view Belarus as our closest ally - Putin
Today military exercises of Belarus and the Russian Federation begin, this event was planned and announced last year, troops will be returned from Belarus as drill concludes - Putin
Belarusians themselves, without outside prompts, must figure out the current situation in the country - Putin
We agreed that Russia will provide Belarus with a loan of $1.5 billion and we will fulfill it - Putin
Russia remains committed to all agreements with Belarus, including the CSTO and the Union State - Putin
The Kremlin reported that Putin and Macron discussed Belarus, Ukraine and the situation around Navalny
Talks between Lukashenka and Putin began in Sochi
Meeting between Lukashenka and Putin postponed for another hour
UN Human Rights council agrees to hold urgent debate on human rights situation in Belarus following EU proposal
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya addressed Putin before his meeting with Lukashenka in Sochi: "I am very sorry that you decided to conduct a dialogue with the usurper, and not with the Belarusian people "
