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The dissident journalist was arrested after his plane was force-landed in Minsk

© (L) Reuters / Stringer; (R) Telegram / Kotsnews Roman Protasevich attends a court hearing in Minsk, Belarus, April 10, 2017.Should the murky past of an activist standing up against a dictatorial government be ignored for the sake of winning a PR war? Some believe so, but the case of Roman Protasevich shows the risky consequences of ignoring the truth. Its probably safe to say that before this week almost nobody in the West had heard of Belarusian opposition activist Roman Protasevich, the ed...

Putin and Lukashenko had "taken advantage of the fine weather" for informal talks, a Kremlin spokesman said.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The European Union is aiming to provide at least 3 billion euros ($3.7 billion) to Belarus once the country starts on a democratic path with a focus on r

BELARUS-POLITICS/RUSSIA (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV):UPDATE 1-Russia confirms second loan for Belarus, raises issue of detained citizen

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has informed his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, in detail about the situation involving the Ryanair...

UN aviation body to launch probe into Belarus plane diversion

The UN civil aviation agency announced Thursday it will investigate Belarus’s diversion of a Ryanair plane and the arrest of a journalist on board, as airlines revealed Russia has blocked some Europe…

The leaders of 27 European Union countries have called for a ban on Belarus-based airlines landing in the bloc and told EU-based carriers to avoid the country's airspace, after the diversion of a Ryanair flight to Minsk on Sunday. The plane was...

MONTREAL, May 28 — The UN civil aviation agency will launch an investigation into the May 23 diversion by Belarus of a European flight and arrest of a dissident on board, it announced on Thursday. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Council “decided to undertake a fact-finding...