The Russian leader Vladimir Putin submitted a treaty on security guarantees to the State Duma, which was signed in December ...

Under the deal Moscow would provide nuclear defense to Belarus in case of attack President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday ...

The acclamation of Alexander Lukashenko as Belarus president for a seventh straight term was confirmed on January 26. The ...

An investigation reveals how Belarusian elites, including Lukashenko’s inner circle, have leveraged Russian fishing quotas to ...

When Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he was ready to negotiate with Vladimir Putin to end the war, it wasn't the first time ...

Alexander Lukashenko will soon begin his seventh term as president of Belarus. The official result of the 26 January election gave him 86.8 per cent of the vote, following an election held in a ...

Rights groups, activists and independent media in Russia and Belarus endured increased government scrutiny, repressive laws and even were shut down and forced to operate from exile abroad.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has submitted a security guarantee agreement with Belarus for ratification; the document will be ...

A few decades back, a decreasing number of countries were given taints of autocracies and dictatorship (even though many were under undemocratic monarchies).

Kazakhstan, the region’s largest economy, has condemned the invasion, refused to recognise Russia’s territorial gains and made an effort to demonstrate compliance with western sanctions. Neighbouring ...

Maria Zaitseva, who was widely viewed as a heroine of the democracy movement in Belarus, was killed in action on Jan. 17 near ...

Western sanctions are weakening Moscow’s ties with former Soviet republics and hindering its economic expansion into the ...