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  • Sunday, 26 March, 2023
    Russian politics
    Putin plans to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus

    Russian president denies the move would violate Moscow’s non-proliferation obligations

  • Tuesday, 17 January, 2023
    Interview
    Belarus opposition leader warns of ‘massive disobedience’ if Lukashenko mobilises for Ukraine war

    Dictator is more vulnerable than he looks, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya tells FT in Davos

  • Thursday, 13 October, 2022
    News in-depthWar in Ukraine
    Military briefing: Ukraine frets about a new Belarus front

    Threat of attack from north could draw troops away from Kyiv’s counteroffensives

  • Friday, 7 October, 2022
    Nobel prizes
    Belarus, Russia and Ukraine rights activists awarded Nobel Peace prize

    Laureates praised for ‘outstanding effort to document war crimes, human right abuses and the abuse of power’

  • Sunday, 7 August, 2022
    Tony Barber
    The thirst for freedom in Belarus is unquenchable

    Two years after pro-democracy protests swept the nation, opponents of the Lukashenko regime can take heart from Polish history

  • Friday, 5 August, 2022
    Frederick Studemann
    Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s ‘million small acts of courage’

    The Belarusian exile’s visit to a memorial to Nazism’s victims was a powerful reminder of the cost of resisting oppression

  • Friday, 29 July, 2022
    Poland
    Poland battles ‘forgotten’ refugee crisis with Belarus border fence

    Tens of thousands of people, mainly from the Middle East, have tried to enter the country since last summer

  • Saturday, 25 June, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    Russia fires volley of missile strikes at targets across Ukraine

    Ukrainian defence intelligence chief says attacks conducted from Belarus in bid to pull Minsk into war

  • Wednesday, 1 June, 2022
    News in-depthCommodities
    Ukraine war sparks rush for potash as global food fears grow

    Producers of crucial crop fertiliser look to boost output after sanctions hit supply from Russia and Belarus

  • Tuesday, 19 April, 2022
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Russian aggression may cause global starvation

    Rich countries have an obligation to contain growing food price crisis

  • Friday, 15 April, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    Russian trucks stuck in long queues to leave Poland as EU ban deadline looms

    Vehicles taking days to clear customs at key chokepoints on border with Belarus

  • Saturday, 19 March, 2022
    News in-depthWar in Ukraine
    Stalled Russian offensive increases pressure on Belarus to join invasion

    President Alexander Lukashenko has limited ability to resist Kremlin if called upon to contribute troops, say analysts

  • Thursday, 17 March, 2022
    ReviewTheatre
    Five stars for Belarus Free Theatre’s Dogs of Europe and Cock with Taron Egerton

    Also on the London stage: Dennis Kelly’s After the End at the Theatre Royal Stratford East

  • Wednesday, 9 March, 2022
    Russian business & finance
    EU adds 14 more Russian business chiefs to its sanctions list

    Measures target executives at coal and fertiliser producers as well as lawmakers

  • Friday, 4 March, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    Canada inspires other nations to consider tariffs on Russian trade

    US and EU explore further sanctions after Ottawa uses WTO security exemption to withdraw ‘most favoured nation’ status

  • Thursday, 3 March, 2022
    Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
    China-based AIIB freezes lending to Russia and Belarus over Ukraine war

    Development bank’s move threatens to strain relations between Beijing and Moscow

  • Tuesday, 1 March, 2022
    Abrdn Plc
    Abrdn rules out Russia investment for ‘foreseeable future’

    Fund manager has reduced exposure to country to 0.5% of total assets

  • Monday, 28 February, 2022
    News in-depth
    Belarus’s tilt to Russia complicates Europe’s security calculations

    Alexander Lukashenko is no longer trying to tread a line between Moscow and the west

  • Friday, 25 February, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    Nato alarmed by Belarus role in Ukraine assault

    France and Baltic states cite risks of Putin ally hosting nuclear weapons and Russian forces

  • Monday, 21 February, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    Biden and Putin agree ‘in principle’ to summit on Ukraine

    Kremlin says ‘no concrete plans’ for such a meeting but does not rule it out

  • Sunday, 20 February, 2022
    News in-depthWar in Ukraine
    Baltic states fear encirclement as Russia threat rises

    Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia worry about Belarus and being cut off from Europe

  • Saturday, 12 February, 2022
    InterviewEstonia
    Estonia’s president warns of Russian hybrid warfare

    Alar Karis says Baltics should be ready for cyber attacks and migrant flows being used against them

  • Thursday, 10 February, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    Russian military drills in Belarus and Black Sea raise Ukraine tensions

    Nato says warning time for possible attack by Moscow is decreasing

  • Tuesday, 8 February, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    Ukraine’s border force invokes Churchill as Russian troops gather in neighbouring Belarus

    Ukrainian-Belarusian frontier has become the focal point for growing fears about a new war in Europe

  • Monday, 7 February, 2022
    The Big Read
    Ukraine: EU wrestles with how to inflict sanctions ‘pain’ on Russia

    Brussels wants to target the banking and energy sectors to hurt Moscow while minimising damage to European economies

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