Belarus Plane Crisis Tightens Lukashenko’s Awkward Embrace of Putin
MOSCOW — He may be the Kremlin’s closest ally, but his loyalty remains in doubt.When Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, the ...
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Defiant Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko accuses West of waging ‘hybrid war’
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Wednesday a journalist pulled off a plane that landed in Minsk had been ...
Belarus president claims Ryanair plane bomb warning came ‘from Switzerland’
In his first public remarks since the Ryanair hijacking, Belarus president Alexander Lukashenko claimed warnings about a bomb on ...
Airlines re-route to avoid Belarus, oppn leader says journalist beaten
'The behaviour of the Belarus regime is outrageous, illegal, and completely unacceptable,' Canada PM Justin Trudeau said Airlines re-routed ...
Roman Protasevich: A Belarus Activist Who ‘Refused to Live in Fear’
WARSAW — Since his teenage years as a rebellious high school student in Belarus and continuing into his 20s ...
Belarus air traffic controllers ‘tricked’ Ryanair pilot to land in Minsk over fears ‘bomb’ could be activated
The Ryanair pilot forced to land his plane in Belarus was allegedly told by air traffic controllers in Minsk ...
Ukrainian airlines not allowed to transit through Belarus airspace: Minister
Ukrainian airlines are not allowed to transit through Belarus airspace, Ukrainian foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Tuesday.For the ...
EU locks out Belarus from international aviation
EU leaders have agreed a first wave of economic sanctions against Belarus over Sunday's (23 May) hijacking and said ...
Belarus faces EU sanctions over ‘state piracy’, airlines shun airspace
Belarusian blogger Roman Protasevich, detained when a Ryanair plane was forced to land in Minsk, appears in video (Reuters)BRUSSELS/KIEV: ...
Belarus hijacking reveals what dictators fear most: Free speech
Press play to listen to this article Leonid Ragozin is a freelance journalist based in Riga. When it comes ...