Russia and Belarus will hold a joint military exercise in September, officials said, part of efforts by the two neighbors and ...

The parties discussed their efforts to deepen integration in the Union State, cooperation in trade, economic and energy ...

Volodymyr Zelensky said earlier this month that a Russian military build-up in Belarus could set the stage for a potential attack on Nato members.

After years of the U.S. trying to isolate Russia’s closest ally, a meeting with Belarus’s president points to better relations, raising hopes of loosening his repression and his embrace of Moscow.

Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, Belarus’s autocratic president and Russia’s closest ally, has taken steps to soften his country’s isolation from the West. By Andrew Higgins and Tomas Dapkus Belarus ...

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 ...

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko shake hands prior to a meeting of the Supreme ...

Zelenskyy said Kyiv "clearly understands what the Russians are going to do with Belarus." “Russia is preparing 15 divisions. Around 100-150,000 troops are being trained to aggravate the ...

In Belarus, rights groups supporting political ... monitoring elections in Moldova — where European officials accused Russia of meddling in two key votes last year, including backing a mass ...

Rights groups, activists and independent media in Russia and Belarus endured increased government scrutiny, repressive laws ...

Belarus, formerly part of the Soviet Union, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe that is closely allied with Russia. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south ...

Here’s what to know about Belarus, its election and its relationship with Russia: Belarus was part of the Soviet Union until its collapse in 1991. The Slavic nation of 9 million people is ...