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‘I’m insanely thankful to the president’: how a Belarus dissident became an apologist for the regime

Raman Pratasevich was dragged off a plane and imprisoned two years ago. Now he praises the regime he used to denounce

The Guardian - UK

Refugees seriously injured on razor-wire fence UK helped build to keep asylum seekers out of EU

Government accused of backing ‘inhumane’ policies as 16 people are badly hurt by barrier blocking entry via Poland from Belarus

The Guardian - UK

Russia tells United States: don't lecture Moscow on nuclear deployments

Russia on Saturday dismissed criticism from U.S. President Joe Biden over Moscow's plan to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, saying Washington had for decades deployed just such nuclear weapons in Europe.

Reuters

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Ukraine targets Russian oil pipeline installations with drones - Russian media

Ukraine struck oil pipeline installations deep inside Russia on Saturday with a series of drone attacks including on a station serving the Druzhba pipeline, while shelling from Ukraine killed at least two, Russian officials and media said.

Reuters

Explosion damages Russian oil pipeline building near Belarus border - governor

An explosion in Russia's Pskov region near the border with Belarus left an oil pipeline's administrative building damaged, local Governor Mikhail Vedernikov said on Telegram on Saturday.

Reuters

What happened in the Russia-Ukraine war this week? Catch up with the must-read news and analysis

A daring cross-border raid in Belgorod; Russia and China deepen their economic ties

The Guardian - AU

EU condemns Russian deal to station nuclear warheads in Belarus

The European Union on Friday condemned an agreement between Russia and Belarus to allow the deployment of Russian nuclear warheads in Belarus.

Reuters

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Belarus upholds 8-year prison for journalist of newspaper serving country's Polish minority

Belarus’ Supreme Court on Friday upheld an eight-year prison sentence that was handed to a journalist and prominent member of the country’s sizable Polish minority

The Independent UK

Poland says it will close border to freight vehicles from Belarus and Russia

Poland will close its eastern border to freight vehicles registered in Belarus and Russia until further notice, according to a draft regulation published on Friday by the interior ministry.

Reuters

Russia moves tactical nuclear weapons into Belarus blaming ‘Nato aggression’

Moscow has started moving nuclear weapons into Belarusian territory, in response to what it called a “sharp escalation” on its western border.

The Week

Russia moving tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus in first deployment in over 30 years

Russia has begun moving tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus in the first such move in more than 30 years.

Evening Standard

Japan adopts new sanctions on Russia, criticizes its deal to deploy nuclear weapons in Belarus

Japan has approved additional sanctions against Russia over its war on Ukraine, including freezing the assets of dozens of individuals and groups and banning exports to Russian military-related organizations

The Independent UK

Morning Mail: Greens send warning over petroleum tax, period poverty bites, Russia moves nukes

Government accused of bending to gas lobby; women struggling to afford period products; Russia moves nuclear warheads to Belarus

The Guardian - AU

US condemns Russia moving nuclear weapons to Belarus, will not adjust nuclear posture

The United States on Thursday strongly condemned an arrangement for Russia to deploy tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus, but had not seen any reason to adjust its nuclear posture, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller told reporters.

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The Independent UK

Russia has started deploying tactical nuclear warheads to Belarus, says Lukashenko

On the battlefied in Ukraine, the Wagner mercenary group says it is withdrawing from the eastern city of Bakhmut and will hand over its position to Russian forces

The Independent UK

Russia signs deal to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus

Russia and Belarus have signed a deal formalizing the procedure for deploying Russian nuclear weapons in Belarus

Reuters

Russia moves ahead with deployment of tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus

Russia moved ahead on Thursday with a plan to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, whose leader said the warheads were already on the move, in the Kremlin's first deployment of such bombs outside Russia since the 1991 fall of the Soviet Union.

The Independent UK

Nobel peace laureate transferred to brutal prison in Belarus, his wife says

The wife of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski says he's been transferred to a notoriously brutal prison in Belarus and hasn’t been heard from in a month

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The Independent UK

Russian sailors offered limited option to qualify for Paris Olympics

Russian and Belarusian sailors are set to get their only path to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics at a last-chance event in France next year

Reuters

Belarus leader appears in public, dismisses talk of bad illness

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko appeared in public on Tuesday and dismissed talk he was seriously ill, telling officials, "I'm not going to die, guys," according to a video shown by a state-run media outlet said.

Reuters

Fencing-Italy limits Russian participation at world championships

Italy plans to impose restrictions on athletes from Russia and Belarus who will be allowed to compete at the fencing world championships in Milan in July, the head of its National Olympic Committee (CONI) said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Ukraine investigating role of Belarus in transfers of children - prosecutor

Ukraine is investigating the alleged role of Belarus in the forced transfer of children from Russian-occupied territories, the office of the prosecutor general told Reuters on Tuesday.

Al Jazeera

Belarusian activist Roman Protasevich ‘pardoned by Minsk’

Protasevich had been sentenced to eight years for organising protests and insulting President Lukashenko.

The Times of India

103 Nobel winners demand the release of Nobel Peace laureate Ales Bialiatski

One hundred and three Nobel winners including Nobel Literature laureates Annie Ernaux, Kazuo Ishiguro, JM Coetzee and Olga Tokarczuk have signed an open letter by Pen International and expressed their solidarity with Nobel Peace Prize 2022 winner Ales Bialiatski, who has been sentenced to 10 years in prison by a…

Evening Standard

Roman Protasevich: Belarusian blogger arrested on Ryanair flight pardoned

Roman Protasevich, the Belarusian opposition blogger arrested in 2021 after his Ryanair flight was forced to land in Minsk, was pardoned on Monday, the Belarusian state news agency BelTA reported.

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