Large outdoor protests in the Belarus capital Minsk, on 16 August 2020 (Photo: Prachatai/Flickr) For many observers, the situation in Belarus has not been developing at the pace they were expecting a week or two ago. There are still people on the streets who wish to see a free Belarus, but president Alexander Lukashenko has remained in…
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko have agreed to meet in Moscow in coming weeks, the Kremlin said on Sunday. The two leaders have not met since anti-government protests over a disputed presidential election that handed victory to Lukashenko gripped Belarus. In a phone call on Sunday, the two…
Lukashenko said that he would receive from Moscow comprehensive assistance to ensure the security of Belarus. naviny.by Lukashenko said that he would receive from Moscow “at our very first request, comprehensive assistance to ensure the security of the Republic of Belarus,” and mentioned Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in this regard. I would like to give you my arguments…
Source: AP Photo/Markus Schreiber President Trump recently ordered a 12,000-troop reduction in American military personnel stationed in Germany. That leaves about 24,000 American soldiers still in the country. A little more than half of the troops being withdrawn will return home. The rest will be redeployed to other NATO member nations such as Belgium, Italy,…
The UN Security Council rejected a US resolution to extend the arms embargo. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is calling for the Trump administration to use the snapback mechanism in the Iran nuclear deal that would allow the U.S. to force the reimposition of sanctions on Tehran — after the U.N. Security Council failed to extend…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump told Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Thursday he wanted to avoid a costly arms race with Russia and China and hoped for progress in arms control negotiations, the White House said. “President Trump reiterated his hope of avoiding an expensive three-way arms race between China, Russia, and the United…
The constitutional referendum in Russia has closed the door to a potential territorial compromise with Japan. Russia’s revised constitution is bad news for Japan. It includes a new clause that bans territorial concessions, thereby further trampling Japanese hopes of ever regaining the Russian-held Southern Kuril Islands. Additionally, although Russian President Vladimir Putin is sometimes thought…
FILE PHOTO: Presidents Putin of Russia, Erdogan of Turkey and Rouhani of Iran pose following a joint news conference in Ankara MOSCOW (Reuters) – The presidents of Russia, Iran, and Turkey will hold a video conference on Wednesday to discuss the conflict in Syria, the Kremlin said on Tuesday. In Syria’s nine-year war, Russia and…
Vladimir Putin launches a fresh attack against Poland’s role in the Second World War, but some in the West may be receptive to his message. President Vladimir Putin’s recent article reinterpreting the Second World War has the Russian president presenting himself as a pro-Soviet historian, writes Andrzej Nowak, a professor of Jagiellonian University in Kraków….