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MOSCOW, March 27: The Russian presidency said on Monday that Western reactions would not change Moscow’s plans to station tactical nuclear weapons in neighboring Belarus. Western reactions “of course cannot … Read More
Belarusian national carrier Belavia and Syria’s Cham Wings Airlines are among entities the European Union is planning to sanction over a migrant crisis that the bloc blames on Minsk. EU … Read More
With a grey comb-over hairstyle, chevron-shaped moustache and a strong rural accent, Alexander Lukashenko, a former collective farm manager-turned-minor Communist official, was the only legislator in Soviet Belarus to vote … Read More
For weeks, a large group of people, mostly from the Middle East, has been stranded in Belarus at a border crossing with Poland, trapped as forces from the two countries … Read More
Names marked with an asterisk have been changed to protect identities Sokolka, Poland – When 28-year-old Shirin*, an Iraqi Kurd, crossed the border from Belarus into Poland with her seven-year-old … Read More
Sokolka, Poland – As a geopolitical conflict continues to simmer, people are dying in the forests on either side of the border between Poland and Belarus. This weekend, the body … Read More
Thousands of refugees and migrants trying to cross into the European Union are stranded along the Belarusian border as Poland has denied them entry amid a standoff with Belarus. Fears … Read More
Sokolka, Poland – Human rights groups have condemned Poland’s government for continuing to ban journalists, lawyers, and aid workers from accessing the country’s border with Belarus, as thousands of migrants … Read More
United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet has called on Belarus and Poland to de-escalate the “intolerable” migrant crisis on their shared border and said those stranded at the frontier … Read More
Internet users in a record number of countries have faced arrest and physical attacks for their posts over the past year, a report says, painting a grim picture of digital … Read More
