Belarusian protesters decry planned Russian air base
Click photo to enlarge One of the Belarusian opposition leaders Nikolai Statkevich talks to supporters during opposition rally against the deployment of Russian military bases in Belarus,...
View ArticleBelarus President Says He Doesn't Want Russian Air Base
Associated Press MINSK, BELARUS— Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko says his nation doesn't want to host a Russian military air base,...
View ArticleBelarus president says he doesn't want Russian airbase
MINSK: Belarus doesn't want to host a Russian military airbase, President Alexander Lukashenko said on Tuesday, a statement that highlighted a strain between the two neighbors and allies. Lukashenko...
View ArticleEU set to ease sanctions on Belarusian regime after elections
The European Union is poised to suspend sanctions on autocratic Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko and his allies, if Sunday’s election brings no repeat of previous violent crackdowns on the...
View ArticlePutin moves to establish Russian military base in Belarus
MINSK, Belarus (AP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday signaled his intention to establish a Russian military air base in neighboring Belarus - a move sure to unnerve Poland and the Baltic...
View ArticleBelarus president shows how to win five elections – without even trying
As the country heads to the polls, observers say strongman Alexander Lukashenko would triumph even if the vote was free and fair...
View ArticleBelarus re-elects 'last dictator in Europe' for fifth term
By Andrei Makhovsky MINSK (Reuters) - Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko won a fifth term in office by a landslide on Sunday in an election that could see an easing of relations with the West...
View ArticlePutin's War Games With a Vengeance in Belarus: Will He Ever Leave?
Russia's president wants to show NATO he is ready for a fight. But once he moves his troops and equipment into Belarus, on NATO's borders, will he be willing to move out? MINSK, Belarus—As the...
View ArticlePutin attends military drills that worry Russia’s neighbors
LUZHSKY RANGE, Russia (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday attended the weeklong war games with Belarus that have demonstrated the Russian military’s resurgent might and made neighboring...
View ArticleBelarus' president says he doesn't want Russian air base
MINSK, Belarus — Belarus doesn't want to host a Russian military air base, President Alexander Lukashenko said Tuesday, a statement that highlighted a strain between the two neighbors and allies....
View ArticleRussian Invasion? Moscow's Rivals Say War Games Are Cover And Troops Won't Leave
Russia has been sending troops into Belarus since Monday in preparation for massive upcoming war games that opponents in the neighboring Eastern European state worry could be a cover for a long-term...
View ArticleRussia Claims War Games in Belarus Pose No Threat After Western Objections
The Russian military said that the maneuvers simulating a response to foreign-supported "extremists" in Belarus should not threaten anyone after other European countries raised concerns about the war...
View ArticlePutin has turned Russia into a ticking time-bomb only he can defuse
Russian President Putin chairs meeting with military officials at Bocharov Ruchei state residence in Sochi Here’s an alarming observation. According to Nikolay Petrov, a visiting fellow at the European...
View ArticleThe IMF Changes its Rules to Isolate China and Russia
By Michael Hudson - Guns and Butter Dr. Hudson discusses his paper, The IMF Changes Its Rules To Isolate China and Russia; implications of the four policy changes at the International Monetary Fund in...
View ArticleIn Belarus, Europe’s “last dictator” is actually allowing protest. Here’s why.
A protester shouts slogans and holds a poster reading “Police, come to the side of people! People will not hurt you!” during an opposition protest on March 15 in Minsk, Belarus. About 3,000 people took...
View ArticleLukashenka Prolongs Rule In Belarus; EU Considers Suspending Sanctions
Election officials in Belarus say authoritarian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka, in power since 1994, has won a new five-year term with more than 83 percent of the votes cast in an election dismissed...
View ArticleBelarus’ Lukashenko looks to eased sanctions but OSCE queries poll
MINSK — Belarus strongman Alexander Lukashenko looked on Monday to the European Union (EU) to ease sanctions against his regime after a landslide electoral win, but international observers said the...
View ArticleWhy Europe's Last Dictatorship is Drifting Away from Russia
On January 1, 2016, Ukraine acceded to the trade-related provisions of its association agreement with the European Union, ratified by President Petro Poroshenko in June 2014. Ukraine's entry into...
View ArticleOnline and On All Fronts
Summary Since 2012, the Russian authorities have intensified a crackdown on freedom of expression, selectively casting certain kinds of criticism of the government as threats to state security and...
View ArticleMust They be Enemies? Russia, Putin and the US
Most Americans know very little about Russia, and what they do know is subverted by many decades of U.S. government anti-Soviet and anti-Russian propaganda. From 1917 to Dec. 26, 1991, when the USSR...
View ArticleWorld Chaos and World Order: Conversations With Henry Kissinger
What follows is an extended transcript of several conversations on foreign policy I had with former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger ahead of the 2016 U.S. presidential election, which formed the...
View ArticleBelarus' Lukashenko set for re-election
MINSK, Belarus (AP) -- In the 21 years under Alexander Lukashenko's rule, Belarus in many ways has seemed little different than the Soviet republic it once was. Dissent is stifled, sometimes harshly....
View ArticleLarge-scale Russian military exercises in Belarus feared to be set-up for...
More There are growing concerns large-scale war games planned next month by Russia with its neighbor Belarus could be a cover for something very sinister by Vladimir Putin — perhaps another Crimea....
View ArticleBelarus enjoys boost from selling Russians forbidden fruit
MINSK, Belarus (AP) -- As he fights an economic downturn in Belarus, the man often called "Europe's last dictator," longtime President Alexander Lukashenko, is getting a surprising boost. Following a...
View ArticleA new face in Belarus' anti-government protests: The poor
MALADZYECHNA, Belarus (AP) — The half-million Belarusians who can't find work in their country's stumbling Soviet-style economy face an array of hard choices: register with the state employment...
View ArticleThe President’s news conference Transcripts, December 17, 2015 (The President...
(Source: The President of Russia) Television channel Public Television of Russia (OTR) and its site (http://www.otr-online.ru/online/) provided live sign language interpretation of the news conference....
View ArticleEesti välismeedias 29. oktoober 2015 - 04. november 2015 (Ministry of Foreign...
(Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Estonia) EUOBSERVER EU will 'assess rigorously' new Russia-Germany pipelines Peter Teffer 04.11.2015 The European Commission will scrutinise the...
View ArticleRussia seeks to allay Western fears about planned war games
MOSCOW (AP) -- In a bid to dispel Western fears about planned war games by Russia and Belarus, the Russian military said Tuesday the maneuvers simulating a response to foreign-backed "extremists" won't...
View ArticlePutin attends military drills that worry Russia's neighbors
LUZHSKY RANGE: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday attended the weeklong war games with Belarus that have demonstrated the Russian military's resurgent might and made neighboring countries...
View ArticleTrump’s Deadly Legacy: The First Six Months, Timeline of US Policy Changes,...
Note: With few exceptions, sources are from mainstream media. January 20, 2017 Trump Inauguration (Friday): – Trump signs first executive action canceling Obama’s FHA mortgage rate premium cuts...
View ArticleBusiness as Usual in Belarus: The Alternance Dance
It is tough to be a tough. One must maintain oneself in power, while playing the domestic and international game accordingly. No single misstep is allowed. In particular, 'Europe's last dictator'...
View ArticleRussia-Belarus rift grows as Putin loses patience
MINSK, Belarus (AP) -- In more than two decades in power, the autocratic leader of Belarus has cast his nation as Moscow's closest ally, securing tens of billions of dollars in Russian subsidies. At...
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