Section: Belarus
Russia calls Crimea its territory in December 2013
The citizens of the Russian Federation were issued passports with Crimea marked as part of Russia a few months ahead of the annexation of the peninsula, according to the Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania to Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Prisoner Sentsov speaks up in Russian court on abuse, torture by FSB
Oleh Sentsov also said that he had taken part in the Maidan protests in Kyiv, and then returned to Crimea following the Russian occupation of the peninsula. …read more Source:...
Poland’s President-elect: Warsaw needs to participate in Donbas peace process
Poland’s President-elect Andrzej Duda told Polish press agency PAP that Poland and other neighbors of Ukraine need to be involved in the Donbas peace process. …read more Source:...
PGO officially subpoeans Yanukovych for interrogation on August 11
Ukraine’s ousted ex-president Viktor Yanukovych has been officially subpoenaed to the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine for investigative and legal proceedings, according to the government’s Uryadoviy Kurier newspaper. …read more Source:...
SBU brings charges against Russian General Staff Chief
The Security Service of Ukraine suspects and declares wanted the Chief of General Staff of the Russian armed forces Valeriy Gerasimov, as well as 10 other Russian soldiers for preparation and unleashing of the armed conflict on the territory of Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Mirum Music Festival to gather modern music fans at Mir Castle
This year the fest headliners will be well-known Georgian jazz singer and composer Nino Katamadze featuring the string quartet N, and Ukraine’s electro-folk band ONUKA, one of the brightest music discoveries of 2014. …read more Source:...
Lukashenko calls on Russia, U.S. to end conflict in Ukraine
“Russia and the United States should sit down to the negotiating table and stop this war. This is the main thing, everything else is secondary,” Alexander Lukashenko emphasized. …read more Source:...
Lukashenko: No one will intervene in Ukraine from Belarus’ territory
“No one will attack Ukraine from our territory unless the situation is in conflict with our interests and unless Ukraine attacks Belarus. I think this will never happen,” Alexander Lukashenko noted. …read more Source:...
Lukashenko against any foreign military presence in Ukraine
“I am absolutely against the presence of any troops in Ukraine, be it Russian or American, be it mercenaries from Poland, Sweden or other countries. I do know that they are there. I know this not from Russian media,” said the Belarusian leader. …read more Source:...
What Makes the 2015 Belarus Presidential Campaign So Different?
Lukashenka and his son at the polling station Each and every election in Belarus follows a straightforward pattern: limit the rights of the opposition, control the vote-counting process and, later, announce the predetermined winner. However, the 2015 campaign will differ from previous ones in a number of ways. The war in Ukraine has altered...
