A close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Lukashenko seems unbothered by his characterisation as a ruthless autocrat, telling lawmakers in an annual address in 2022: "I am a dictator ...

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

The Russian leader Vladimir Putin submitted a treaty on security guarantees to the State Duma, which was signed in December 2024 by Russia and Belarus. It provides for the possibility of using nuclear ...

Lukashenko, however, said he did not care whether or not the bloc recognised the results. And he had "no regrets" over letting his "older brother" Russian President Vladimir Putin's troops enter ...

Provided figures on Russia’s and Ukraine’s current war losses; ・Stated readiness for peace talks in a four-party format ...

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

Russia "is ready to provide Minsk with the necessary assistance and take steps in order to protect the common defense space," Alexey Polishchuk said ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he is ready to have direct peace talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war.

Moscow has repeatedly said Zelensky is an illegitimate leader stemming from the martial law he declared due to the war, which banned presidential, parliamentary and local elections. Before the decree, ...

That will take some doing. Putin remains uninterested in peace talks as long as Russian troops continue to gain ground in ...

Russia said that discussions with Washington were underway regarding potential peace talks to end the war nearly three years ...

MOSCOW, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said that ignoring the Soviet Union's role in liberating Nazi German death camps such as Auschwitz and not inviting surviving family ...