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Police in Minsk detain several people ahead of scheduled protest
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Minsk [Belarus], September 27 (ANI/Sputnik): Police in the Belarusian capital of Minsk have conducted the first arrests over administrative offenses ahead of yet another unauthorized anti-government rally, Natallya Hanusevich, a spokesperson for the police department of the Minsk City Execut
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Foreign sanctions, interference to have opposite effect on Belarus: Vladim
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], September 27 (ANI/Sputnik): Sanctions and foreign interference in the internal affairs of Belarus will have the opposite effect, Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei said at the UN General Assembly, warning against attempts to bring chaos to Belarus.
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Belarusian Police Arrest at Least 10 People During Opposition 'Women's Mar
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Minsk [Belarus], September 26 (ANI/Sputnik): At least 10 people were arrested during a protest rally in Minsk's northeast near the Kamarouski Rynak marketplace, a Sputnik correspondent reported on Saturday.
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UK preparing to impose human rights sanctions against Belarus, says Foreig
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], September 24 (ANI/Sputnik): UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab announced on Thursday that the UK government was preparing to impose sanctions against Belarus, based on the alleged human rights violations committed by President Alexander Lukashenko's government.
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Lukashenko says Belarusians protected peace, sovereignty at election
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Minsk [Belarus], September 23 (ANI/Sputnik): Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said Wednesday at his inauguration that Belarusians protected the country's peace and sovereignty at the presidential election.
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US State Department official to meet with Belarusian opposition in Lithuan
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 21 (ANI/Sputnik): US State Department's Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador Nathan Sales is scheduled to visit Lithuania on Monday to hold talks with representatives from Belarus's opposition.
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Police in Belarusian city of Brest use tear gas against illegal protesters
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Minsk [Belarus], September 20 (ANI/Sputnik): Law enforcement officers in the Belarusian city of Brest have used tear gas against opposition protesters who were taking part in an unsanctioned rally on Sunday, Olga Chemodanova, spokeswoman for the Belarusian Interior Ministry, told Sputnik.
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Russia, Belarus ordered to ensure contacts between officials, key companie
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], September 20 (ANI/Sputnik): Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Belarusian counterpart, Alexander Lukashenko, during their recent talks in Sochi agreed to task the authorities of both countries to establish personal contacts between heads of government agencies and stra
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Russia restores international flights with Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], September 20 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia has restored international flights with Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and South Korea, with citizens and permanent residents of the four countries allowed to enter Russia following the easing of the coronavirus-related measures, the Russ
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Belarusian security forces detain at least 20 people during protests in Mi
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Minsk (Belarus), September 13 (ANI/Sputnik): Belarusian security forces have detained at least 20 people during the latest day of unsanctioned protests in central Minsk, Sputnik correspondents at the scene report on Sunday.
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Belarusian opposition denies receiving overseas funding to organise women'
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Minsk [Belarus], September 13 (ANI/Sputnik): The marches of women in Belarus amid the post-election protests have not been funded from abroad, the Belarusian opposition-led Coordination Council said on Saturday.
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US, allies considering to impose 'additional targetted sanctions' on Belar
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 9 (ANI): The United States along with the allies are considering "additional targetted sanctions" against Belarus for promotion of accountability of Belarusian authorities involved in human rights violations, said US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo on Tuesday (lo
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