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PARIS: Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko scored a propaganda victory by brokering the deal that staved off the threat of an internal armed conflict in Russia, but he may live to regret an accord that will see his country host the head of the private mercenary group Wagner, observers say.

Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko scored a propaganda victory by brokering the deal which staved off the threat of an internal armed conflict in Russia but he may live to regret an accord that will see his country host the Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, observers say.

Moment that mattered: Belarus forces the landing of a Ryanair flight to detain a journalist At 9.46am on 23rd May, Ryanair Flight FR4978 from Athens to Vilnius made an abrupt change of course. It was about to enter Lithuanian airspace from Belarus when air traffic control ordered the pilots to divert to Minsk. As a Soviet-era MiG-29 fighter jet escorted the plane towards the runway in the Belarusian capital, 26-year-old […]

How can the world hold Belarus accountable? Alexander Cooley © Mindaugas Kulbis/AP A Ryanair plane lands at the international airport outside Vilnius, Lithuania, on Sunday after it was forced to land in Belarus earlier in the flight. On Sunday, Belarusian authorities used a fighter jet to force a Ryanair flight traversing its airspace to land in Minsk, claiming the need to investigate a reported security threat on board. As passengers disembarked, police detained a 26-year-ol...