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Belarus opposition politician Maxim Znak has been snatched from his office by masked men wearing plain clothes, his allies have claimed. The former lawyer, 39, was one of the last remaining members of the country’s opposition Coordination Council still at large as President Alexander Lukashenko’s crackdown continues. It comes after claims that opposition leader Maria … Read more
A Belarus opposition leader tore up her passport to foil authorities trying to deport her to Ukraine in the dead of night, it was claimed today. Maria Kolesnikova was driven to a border crossing in the early hours of this morning but ‘took action’ to prevent her ‘forcible expulsion’, Ukraine’s government said, a day after … Read more
Confusion surrounded the arrest of a Belarus opposition leader today after she was detained by border guards while trying to reach Ukraine. Maria Kolesnikova was arrested at the Aleksandrovka border crossing in the early hours of this morning in what Belarus called an ‘illegal’ attempt to flee the country. Border police made the extraordinary claim that … Read more
Belarus opposition leader Maria Kolesnikova was today bundled into a minibus by masked men in Minsk. Unidentified men seized the 38-year-old at around 10am and sped off in a vehicle marked ‘Communications,’ witnesses said. Her campaign team said her phone has been turned off and there was no comment from Minsk police. Kolesnikova is the only … Read more
Belarusian strongman Alexander Lukashenko has claimed that his security forces had intercepted German calls showing that Kremlin foe Alexei Navalny’s poisoning had been faked. Lukashenko told visiting Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin in Minsk on Thursday that the call between Berlin and Warsaw showed that the incident was a ‘falsification’. ‘There was no poisoning of … Read more
Belarusian strongman Alexander Lukashenko has claimed that his security forces had intercepted German calls showing that Kremlin foe Alexei Navalny’s poisoning had been faked. Lukashenko told visiting Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin in Minsk on Thursday that the call between Berlin and Warsaw showed that the incident was a ‘falsification’. ‘There was no poisoning of … Read more
Tens of thousands of people gathered in the capital of Belarus on Sunday, beginning a fourth week of daily protests demanding the resignation of the country’s authoritarian president after an election they call rigged gave him a sixth term in office. The protest at the ‘hero city’ monument honouring Minsk’s suffering and resilience during the … Read more
Vladimir Putin forms elite ‘spec ops force’ to intervene in Belarus if protests ‘get out of control’ Vladimir Putin said is he will intervene in Belarus if protests ‘get out of control’ He confirmed Russia has created a reserve police force to send to the country Added that move would honour joint defence pact Russia … Read more
The authorities in Belarus arrested two leading opposition figures on Monday and called a Nobel laureate in for questioning, a day after thousands of people defied the army to march demanding the downfall of president Alexander Lukashenko. Two weeks after an election which his opponents say he rigged, Lukashenko has shown little sign of bringing … Read more
The authoritarian president of Belarus made a dramatic show of defiance Sunday against the massive protests demanding his resignation, toting a rifle and wearing a bulletproof vest as he strode off a helicopter that landed at his residence while demonstrators massed nearby. It comes as tens of thousands of Belarusians joined an anti-government demonstration in … Read more