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Polish truckers blocked roads to three border crossings with Ukraine on Monday, authorities said, to protest against what they see as government inaction over a loss of business to foreign competitors since Russia's war on Ukraine. Truckers from Ukraine have been exempt from seeking permits to cross the Polish border since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, and firms from Russia and Belarus have been setting up Polish entities, the Polish truckers say.

UPDATED: 7:15 p.m. WASHINGTON/MOSCOW (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden told Russia's Vladimir Putin on Satu...

MOSCOW — A court in Belarus sentenced the opposition leader’s husband to 18 years in jail on Tuesday after he was arrested during an attempt to run for…

Belarus faces sanctions threat over state piracy, some airlines avoid its air space The European Union was considering responding to Sundays incident by limiting international air traffic over Belarus and restricting its ground transport, and could tighten sanctions already in place on the former Soviet republic. Written By: Matthias Williams and Gabriela Baczynska / Reuters | 10:45 am, May 24, 2021 × A historical white-red-white flag of Belarus flies next to national fl...

Publishing date: May 24, 2021  •  1 week ago  •  4 minute read  •  Article content KYIV/BRUSSELS — Several airlines said on Monday they would avoid Belarusian airspace after Belarus scrambled a warplane to intercept a Ryanair jetliner and arrest a dissident journalist in an act denounced by Western powers as “state piracy.” The European Union was considering responding to Sunday’s incident by limiting international air traffic over Belarus and restricting its ground trans...

Pro-Russian lawmaker leaves Ukraine prosecutors after reading charges Reuters 2 hrs ago KYIV, May 12 (Reuters) - Viktor Medvedchuk, the Kremlins most prominent ally in Ukraine, left the office of the Prosecutor General on Wednesday after reading the charges against him without being detained, Interfax news agency reported. Ukrainian authorities on Tuesday put Medvedchuk under formal suspicion for high treason as part of a crackdown on his circle that has fuelled tensions between Kyiv and Mosc...