The Russian leader Vladimir Putin submitted a treaty on security guarantees to the State Duma, which was signed in December 2024 by Russia and Belarus. It provides for the possibility of using nuclear ...

A close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Lukashenko seems unbothered by his characterisation as a ruthless autocrat, telling lawmakers in an annual address in 2022: "I am a dictator ...

A few decades back, a decreasing number of countries were given taints of autocracies and dictatorship (even though many were under undemocratic monarchies).

Belarusian President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, Europe’s brutal last dictator, has been named 2021’s Person of the Year by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) in recognition of ...

Provided figures on Russia’s and Ukraine’s current war losses; ・Stated readiness for peace talks in a four-party format ...

Lukashenko, however, said he did not care whether or not the bloc recognised the results. And he had "no regrets" over letting his "older brother" Russian President Vladimir Putin's troops enter ...

Vladimir Putin has been named the 2014 Person of the Year by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), an award given annually to the person who does the most to enable and promote ...

MINSK, 1 February (BelTA) – Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif of Pakistan had a telephone conversation on 1 February, BelTA learned from the press ...

Lukashenko has been in power since 1994 and has ruled the country with an iron fist. He has relied on subsidies and political support from Russian President Vladimir Putin, himself in office for a ...

Russia "is ready to provide Minsk with the necessary assistance and take steps in order to protect the common defense space," Alexey Polishchuk said ...

The U.S. president’s tariff attack on America’s closest allies is unprecedented. Economists say they won’t fix the U.S. trade deficit, restore jobs or raise much money. And people will get hurt.

MOSCOW, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said that ignoring the Soviet Union's role in liberating Nazi German death camps such as Auschwitz and not inviting surviving family ...