Olympic rings to celebrate the IOC’s official announcement that Paris won the 2024 Olympic bid are seen in front of the Eiffel Tower at Trocadero square in Paris, France, September 16, 2017. (REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo ) (BENOIT TESSIER/) The International Olympic Committee rejected on Tuesday Russia’s request that its athletes … Read more
Joint military exercises of the Armed Forces of Russia and Belarus in the Brest Region, Belarus (BELTA/) Russia and Belarus They started this Tuesday a “joint training session” of their joint regional forces ahead of maneuvers that both armies will hold in Russia in September, as announced by the Belarusian … Read more
Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tijanóvskaya, in a file image. EFE/EPA/Piotr Nowak (Piotr Nowak Piotr Nowak/) A court in Minsk began today the trial in absentia against the Belarusian opposition leader in exile Svetlana Tikhanovskaya and other members of the Coordination Council for a democratic transition in Belarus, accused among other … Read more
FILE PHOTO. Russian conscripts called up for military service walk along a platform before boarding a train as it departs for garrisons at a train station in Omsk, Russia. November 27, 2022. REUTERS/Alexey Malgavko (ALEXEY MALGAVKO/) Ukraine warned on Tuesday that Moscow plans an attack on kyiv that would be … Read more
Taiwan expanded restrictions on exports to Russia and Belarus over the invasion of Ukraine. (REUTERS) (ANN WANG/) The Taiwan Ministry of Economy announced this Wednesday that it expanded the restrictions on exports to Russia and Belarus on the occasion of the sanctions imposed against the Krelim authorities for their invasion … Read more
Belarus sentenced Olympic medalist Aliaksandra Herasimenia to 12 years in prison for “harming national security”. (REUTERS) (David Gray /) A Belarusian court sentenced this Monday to 12 years in prison for the former Olympic swimmer Aliaksandra Herasimenia and the political activist Alexander Opeykin after having been found guilty of allegedly … Read more
Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko (Sputnik/Reuters) (SPUTNIK/) Vladimir Putin I was planning to travel on Monday to belarus to meet with the authoritarian leader of the country, Alexander Lukashenkowhich allowed Russian forces to use Belarusian territory to invade Ukraine and has close defensive ties to Moscow. Analysts pointed out that … Read more
Joint military exercises of the Armed Forces of Russia and Belarus (BELTA/) Effective of the russian forces located in belarus start this thursday military exercise tactical in polygons of the Belarusian Armythe Russian Defense Ministry reported on its Telegram channel. The exercises, which are carried out at the company level, … Read more
(.) By Tom Balmforth kyiv, Dec 7 (Reuters) – Russia‘s ally Belarus said on Wednesday it was moving troops and military hardware to counter what it called a terrorist threat, amid signs Moscow may be putting pressure on Minsk to open a new front in the war against Ukraine. Belarusian … Read more
Belarus began troop deployment in an attempt to contain Russia’s failure in Ukraine. (AFP) belarusstrategic ally of Russiadeclared this Wednesday that he began to deploy troops and military material to counter what he described as terrorist threatamid indications that Moscow may be putting pressure on Minsk to open a new … Read more
