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Putin Grants Belarusians Living in Russia Right to Vote
The Epoch Times
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July 24, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on July 14, 2025. Mikhail Metzel, Sputni via Reuters Russia ratified a protocol on Wednesday to give Belarusians permanently living in the country the right to vote, according to Russian state-owned media...
Latvian Political Prisoner Stands Up For Belarusian-speaking Prisoner
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2 For this he was hit with a baton. A Latvian citizen spent three and a half years in a Belarusian prison for his statements in a closed chat room in one of the messengers. Dmitri Mikhailov testified to "Radio Svaboda" that people are persecuted...
Takeaways from the interaction with President Ilham Aliyev at the 3rd Shusha Global Media Forum
Dispatch News Desk Pakistan
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July 26, 2025
By Agha Iqrar Haroon Chinese President Xi announced the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) as the “Silk Road Economic Belt” on 7 September 2013 at Nazarbayev University in Astana, Kazakhstan. Since then, 151 countries are directly or indirectly linked...
Figures Pointed To Another Deficit In Belarus
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1 Statistics show failure for cabbage and apples. Spring passions about the shortage of potatoes distracted attention from the failures of other seasonal products, which are recorded in the semiannual statistics of the National Statistics...
Emergencies Ministry Reveals Details Of A Powerful Explosion At The Gas Pipeline Near Minsk
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26 Gas supply to consumers is carried out through the second branch. A gas pipeline ruptured in a potato field near Atolino agricultural town near Minsk. There were no casualties, the Emergency Ministry reported. The Ministry of Emergency...
A Better Tomorrow? Takeaways from the 2020 Belarus Protests
Geopolitical Monitor
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July 25, 2025
On August 8, 2020, voters in Belarus headed to the polls to cast their votes in presidential elections. Where many opposition-minded voters would have opted for prominent YouTuber-turned-government-critic Sergei Tsikhanouski, they instead could...
Poland Imposes Sanctions Against Belarusian Cement Company
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1 Because of the cooperation with Russia. The Polish Interior Ministry announced that it had placed the Belarusian "Managing Company of the Belarusian Cement Company Holding Company" ("BCC") on the sanctions list. This holding company unites...
Analysis: From Gaza to Belarus, a series of global crises tests US focus and influence
WTOP - District Columbia
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July 25, 2025
From deepening tensions in Eastern Europe to an escalating humanitarian crisis in the Middle East and a renewed focus on unresolved controversies within the United States, these events are intersecting at a time when American leadership is under...
Hibs and Scotland striker Kieron Bowie reveals all about his wonder goal, Euro hopes and World Cup ambitions
Edinburgh Evening News
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August 15, 2025
National team boss Steve Clarke watched contender score screamer Tell us about THAT goal, big man. Kieron Bowie is going to hear that a lot over the course, hopefully, of a long and successful career. Whatever he goes on to achieve in the game,...
Fashionable scheme. Belarusian company violates sanctions by bringing luxury goods to Russia
Belarusian Investigative Center
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When importing such goods into the territory of the Eurasian Economic Union — in this case, Belarus — you need to pay 10% of the price in customs duties and 20% in value added tax (VAT). The difference between fake and real prices significantly...
After an unexpected release from prison, Belarus’s ‘First Couple’ tries to find a way to carry on
The Globe and Mail
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July 24, 2025
Open this photo in gallery:Siarhei Tsikhanouski and his wife Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya are reunited after five years apart. Mr. Tsikhanouski was suddenly released from prison last month.Anna Liminowicz/The Globe and Mail After five years of meagre...
Lithuania Asks The US To Help Release Its Citizens From Belarusian Prisons
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The Lithuanian Foreign Minister talked to Kellogg about it. Lithuanian diplomats asked U.S. representatives to help release Lithuanian citizens imprisoned in Belarus. "I can confirm that this was the most important thing we talked about. This is...
Double-barrelled Vs. Drones: Strange Drills In Belarus
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12 The Defense Ministry cites Iran's experience. A brigade tactical exercise is being held on July 23-25 in the 8th Radio Technical Brigade, which is stationed in Baranavichy. The drills pay special attention to the fight against drones and also...
Xinhua signs cooperation deals with multiple media organizations at SCO Media and Think Tank Summit
China Internet Information Center
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ZHENGZHOU, July 24 (Xinhua) -- Xinhua News Agency signed cooperation agreements with several foreign media organizations on Thursday during the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Media and Think Tank Summit held in Zhengzhou, central China's...
Brother Of Imprisoned RFE/RL Journalist Ihar Losik Escapes Belarus After Trial
Radio Free Europe - Radio Liberty
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July 24, 2025
Mikita Losik, the younger brother of imprisoned Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) journalist Ihar Losik, has fled Belarus after being sentenced to three years for "extremist activities" for sending photos of Russian military equipment to...
"I Wouldn't Be Surprised If The Belarusian Plant Goes Up In Flames"
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7 illustrative photo Ukrainian special services may be interested in certain military enterprises. Alexander Lukashenko plans to build a giant factory in Belarus to produce Russian drones. Such actions make Belarus not just an accomplice in the...
"Few People Want To Be A Serf In A Remote Area Of Belarus"
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2 Why Belarusians boycott agricultural universities. This year only two out of four agricultural universities have fully met the enrollment figures, 80 budgetary places remain vacant. Agricultural Academy in Horki and Vitebsk Veterinary Academy...
Another Place In Belarus Has Seen A Mass Fish Die-off
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2 Environmentalists are investigating the causes. Mass fish kill was detected in the Plisa River in Barysau. Ecologists and investigators are finding out the reasons, (reported https://t.me/MiskOblEcology/3007) in Minsk Regional Committee of...
Potatoes In Belarus Tripled In Price
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22 In just a year and a half. Potatoes have become 2.99 times more expensive in Belarus over the past year and a half, while the overall growth of prices for food and non-alcoholic beverages by 13.38%, according to the analysis of data of the...
Putin grants voting rights and participation in local elections to Belarusians living in Russia
BGNES
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July 24, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law granting Belarusian citizens permanently residing in Russia the right to vote and run in local elections. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko is considered one of Putin's closest allies. The two...