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.

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

When Volodymyr Zelensky said he was ready to negotiate with Vladimir Putin in order to end the war, it wasn't the first time Ukraine's leader announced his readiness to talk to Moscow. In fact, the ...

A project manager in Belarus's once-flourishing tech industry, Andrei Dorin admits his sector is in "crisis". Tech has been ...

Western sanctions are weakening Moscow’s ties with former Soviet republics and hindering its economic expansion into the ...

Human rights groups and Belarusians say they see no signs that Alexander Lukashenko is preparing to loosen his iron grip on ...

The diplomat noted that few people in Ukraine or globally believe that real presidential elections took place in Belarus on January 26, suggesting instead that Alexander Lukashenko simply "reappointed ...

Musk-led cuts to the US foreign aid agency have impacted rights groups, independent media, and election monitoring campaigns in Russia, Belarus and Moldova.

According to the Belarusian leader, another issue on the Assembly’s agenda is linked with its new constitutional powers ...

says Belarusian envoy The Belarusian ambassador in Seoul said the embassy has no information about a possible visit of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko to North Korea on Wednesday.

North Korea has treated hundreds of Russian soldiers injured in Ukraine, according to a Russian official. Alexander Matsegora, Moscow's ambassador to Pyongyang, told state-run outlet Rossiyskaya ...