Belarus

MOSCOW/MINSK—Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday the Kremlin had set up a "reserve police force" to support Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko, although it would not be deployed unless unrest ...

MINSK—Belarus jailed two opposition leaders for 10 days on Tuesday as the government pursued a crackdown on the ...

MINSK, Belarus—Police in Belarus on Monday detained several leading opposition activists who have helped spearhead a wave of ...

MINSK, Belarus—More than 100,000 protesters demanding the resignation of Belarus's authoritarian president converged Aug. 23 in a vast ...

VILNIUS—The people of Belarus will not allow President Alexander Lukashenko to treat them as before and he will ...

MINSK—Belarus launched a criminal case on Aug. 20 against a new opposition body, accusing it of an illegal ...

MINSK/BRUSSELS—Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko ordered his police on Aug. 19 to put down protests in the capital Minsk, ...

BRUSSELS—The European Union condemned the "rigged" elections in Belarus and rejected Alexander Lukashenko's authority as it announced sanctions ...

BRUSSELS—European Union leaders put on a show of support on Wednesday for people protesting in Belarus. At an ...

MINSK, Belarus—The Belarusian ambassador to Slovakia, who supported protesters rallying against his country's authoritarian president, said on Tuesday ...

MINSK—Alexander Lukashenko, the leader of Belarus, said on Aug. 17 he would be ready to hold new elections ...

Belarusian opposition politician Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya said on Aug.17 she was ready to lead Belarus and called for the ...

British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab on Monday said the UK does not accept the results of the Belarusian ...

MINSK—Facing growing protests that have posed the biggest challenge to his 26 years in power, President Alexander Lukashenko ...

MINSK—Belarusian opposition politician Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya said on Monday she was ready to lead Belarus and called for the ...

Protesters flooded onto the streets of Minsk, the capital city of Belarus, on Aug. 16 in the largest ...

MINSK—Russia said on Sunday it had told Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko it was ready to offer military assistance ...

The European Union has said it considers the Belarusian presidential election results "falsified," and has refused to accept the ...

MINSK, Belarus—They emerged dazed, shaken, and in tears from the detention center in Minsk, to be met by ...

WARSAW—Poland will seek to further support its neighbor Belarus by opening its borders and labor market while providing ...

MINSK—Belarusian authorities have released about 1,000 people detained amid demonstrations contesting the results of the presidential election, in ...

MINSK, Belarus—Hundreds of women rallied across Belarus’s capital on Aug. 12 to protest a brutal police crackdown that ...

MINSK—Belarus said on Wednesday that police had fired live rounds at protesters in the city of Brest and ...

MINSK, Belarus—Tensions were high in Belarus as the country held a presidential election on Aug. 9. Eight staff ...

MOSCOW—A dispute between Moscow and Minsk over the detention of more than 30 men who Belarus accused of ...

MINSK, Belarus—Belarusian authorities said Wednesday they have detained dozens of Russian private military contractors days before Belarus' presidential ...

MINSK—Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, once dubbed the last dictator in Europe by Washington, has seen protests come and ...