Putin discussed with the Russian Security Council "the situation in a number of CIS countries" and issues of the "internal Russian socio-economic agenda"
The National Bank of Belarus does not consider the threat of SWIFT sanctions high
Russian-Belarusian strategic exercises Zapad-2021 to be held next September - Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu
EU is reportedly planning to expand sanctions against Lukashenka's administration officials in Belarus but also to expand its support tot he Belarusian civil society and independent media
In Belarus, human rights groups designated 15 more arrested people as political prisoners, bringing the total number of political prisoners to 161 in total.
Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya @Tsihanouskaya, currently in forced exile abroad, said that she was willing to serve as an interim president of Belarus for the transition from the current authoritarian system to a democracy:
A Minsk court ruled to revoke a media license from Belarus' top online media outlet @tutby
Lukashenka said at the summit that he is concerned about the military buildup of the US and NATO presence near the CSTO western borders
3 month agoLukashenka says NATO is forming a military division to seize western Belarusian lands
In Salihorsk, Belarus, over 100 workers of Belaruskali, a major potash manufacturer, joined the strike action in protest against fraudulent election and police brutality. 55 of them have been dismissed:
3 month agoRussia's president Putin said that he was "concerned about events in Belarus". But his concern is linked not to brutality of the police response, but the alleged "foreign interference" (i.e. from the West), including financial assistance & media reports
3 month agoLukashenka at CSTO virtual summit complains to other bloc leaders about "flagrant behavior of Poland and other Baltic states gainst Belarus"
Putin says Belarus is under unprecedented external pressure
3 month agoVirtual summit of leaders of CSTO countries
Yesterday, November 30, an emergency situation occurred at the first unit of the Belarusian NPP at noon, resulting in an emergency pressure drop. The discharge was so strong that it broke the valve caps weighing several hundred kilograms in the steam room between the reactor and the turbine hall.
In Belarus, media report that commercial banks are worried about potential switch off from SWIFT in case of potential new economic sanctions. The central bank is urging banks to connect to SPFS, a Russian alternative
In Salihorsk, Belarus, the total number of Belaruskali potash miner workers taking part in the labour strike reached 100
3 month agoVideo from Minsk, Belarus, where hundreds of pensioners joined a protest march in central areas today. The WidsomMarch takes place every Monday for the past few months
3 month agoToday in Minsk, Belarus, hundreds of pensioners joined a protest march in central areas today. The WidsomMarch takes place every Monday for the past few months
3 month ago"The one-way ticket from Minsk to Rostov has been purchased," a sign says at the pensioners' march in Minsk
In Belarus, external government debt increased by $1bn or 5.8% in January-October 2020
3 month agoTensions between senior protesters and riot police at Independence Avenue in Minsk
3 month agoVideo: police van hit one policeman in Minsk
3 month agoLarge police deployment against protest of seniors in Minsk
3 month agoRiot police shut down Independence Avenue in Minsk amid seniors march
3 month agoYesterday in Minsk and other cities across Belarus the police detained 416 people for taking place in anti-Lukashenka protests
3 month agoEvening rallies in Minsk. Protest in Medvezhino chants "In New Year without Lukashenka"
The number of people detained at protests in Belarus exceeded 330 people, human rights activists report
3 month agoNowoplotsk. The protest began late in the evening
3 month agoBelarus: Security forces are currently trying to disperse protesters in Minsk, but this is still not necessarily successful
