Contents tagged with Belarus
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Belarus to continue oil transit through Ukraine
Ukrainian national company Ukrtransnafta extended for another year the contract for oil transit with BNK UK Ltd, which is a subsidiary of the Belarusian national oil company, said the CEO of Ukrtransnafta Nikolay Gavrilenko in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine.
"Already extended. In early December. In working order," he said, adding that the tariff and contractual conditions are the same as for the existing contract.
"The conditions are the same. From the Belarusian side there was a request …
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Ukrainian journalist accuses Zelensky’s administration head of derailing special operation to detain Wagner mercenaries
The head of the Presidential Administration Andriy Yermak is directly involved in the failure of the special operation to detain mercenaries from the Russian private military company the Wagner Group, said a prominent Ukrainian journalist Yuri Butusov on air of the talk show "All the Lawlessness" on Apostrophe TV.
As Butusov notes, Yermak personally informed the Belarusian special services that the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) is preparing a special operation to lure Russian mercenaries …
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Tikhanovskaya urges Germany to actively support protesters in Belarus
Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, one of the Belarusian opposition leaders, called on Germany to support more actively anti-Lukashenko protesters. "We hear a lot of words about support, but we need action," Tikhanovskaya told German newspaper Der Spiegel. She called for the abolition of the visa regime for those persecuted by the Belarusian authorities, as well as the expansion of EU sanctions against Lukashenko's "ruling circle".
At the same time, Tikhanovskaya expressed confidence that the protesters …
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Media: Kremlin opens its doors to Belarusian opposition
People from the team of Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya are currently in Moscow. They visit the Russian capital regularly, reports the Polish newspaper Rzeczpospolita.
Referring to its informed source, the newspaper notes that the Belarusian delegation consists of several people representing the Coordination Council of the Opposition. Their task is to meet with the media, experts and representatives of Russian think tanks, including those directly connected with the Kremlin. …
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Lukashenko asks Russia for more money and weapons
The Belarusian authorities expect to receive a new package of financial aid from Russia, as well as modern Russian weapons.
On Thursday, President Alexander Lukashenko approved updated guidelines for the regional military contingent - a nearly 300,000-strong army, which includes troops of the Belarusian Armed Forces and the entire Western Military District of the Russian Federation. “It has become necessary to rewrite the document that regulates the actions of the contingent established under …
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Lukashenko approves new guidelines for Russian and Belarusian troops
Alexander Lukashenko has approved updated guidelines for the regional contingents of Russian and Belarusian troops, reports BELTA news agency.
"No matter how much we say here, no matter how much the leadership of the United States, and now the leadership of NATO, will try to put us to sleep. They say, we are making excuses. No, we just train like that. But we are military people. Even if we train, it means something. That's why we can't be complacent. Even if we have a really powerful army …
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International Olympic Committee suspends Lukashenko’s regime from all sporting events
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has decided to suspend the membership the Belarusian National Olympic Committee (NOC), headed by Alexander Lukashenko, thus banning the Belarusian National Olympic from taking part in the Olympic Games and other events of the organization, announced the IOC's Associate Director in the Strategic Communications Department Christian Klaue.
Lukashenko's son Viktor, who is the first vice-president of the NOC, will also be banned from visiting the Olympic …
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Lukashenko accuses NATO of planning to seize Western territories of Belarus
NATO is creating a military group in order to seize Western Belarusian territories, stated Alexander Lukashenko during the session of the Collective Security Council of the CSTO (Collective Security Treaty Organisation).
The self-proclaimed head of Belarus expressed serious concern about the increase in the military presence of the United States and NATO near the western borders of the country.
"The case, I quote, is in the historical affiliation of the Belarusian lands to Poland. This is …
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Several hundred people detained in Belarus during Sunday protests
Mass protests against the regime of the self-proclaimed President Alexander Lukashenko continue in Belarus.
A protest called the "March of Neighbors" was held in Minsk this Sunday. Instead of holding mass gatherings in the city center and marches through the central streets of the city, the protesters decided to gather in small groups in some areas of the capital of Belarus.
At the same time, when the security forces approached, the protesters dispersed, but after some time gathered again in …
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Belarusian opposition leader promises to relook at all relations with Russia
Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, a former presidential candidate and opposition leader, said that if the new government came to power, all the agreements of Belarus with Russia would be reconsidered.
"Whatever Alexander Lukashenko agrees on, he has lost the support of the Belarusian people. This means that all its deals and contracts will be relooked and annulled by the new government," Tikhanovskaya wrote on her Telegram channel.
She spoke in favor of friendly relations with Moscow, noting that the …