Belarus
wiiw slashes Emerging Europe growth forecasts for 2022 and 2023
Turkish growth is expected to slow to 3.5% this year, from a forecast 9.5% in 2021, while for Russia, GDP growth is forecast to slow to 2% from 4.5%.
Jailed Belarusian blogger Raman Pratasevich suddenly reappears on Belarus state television
Yesterday, the jailed Belarusian blogger Raman Pratasevich appeared on Belarus' state TV and showed support for the regime.
Who needs a war?
Russia increases its military presence in Belarus as tensions rise with Ukraine. But whose interests will guide the Belarusian regime’s actions?
Russian troops concentrate in southeastern Belarus, increasing fears of invasion of Ukraine
Western fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine from Belarus are increasing as Russian troops concentrate in Belarus’ Gomel region. Meanwhile, Zelenskiy is playing down war fears, saying that no war is imminent.
US charges four Belarusian state officials with conspiracy to commit aircraft piracy
Yesterday, a federal grand jury in New York returned an indictment which charged four Belarusian state officials with conspiracy to commit aircraft piracy.
The UN’s civil aviation agency (ICAO) is not convinced by the Belarusian authorities' explanations
The UN’s civil aviation agency (ICAO) announced the completion of a report about the investigation into Belarus's diversion of a Ryanair flight in May last year, but is not entirely convinced by the Belarusian authorities' explanations.
US warns Belarus to keep its commitment to neutrality
US warns Belarus to keep its commitment to neutrality in wake of increasing Russian military presence along the Belarus-Ukraine border.
Who are the group responsible for last week's hacker attack against Ukrainian websites?
The hacker group UNC1151 have been blamed for last weeks cyber-attack on Ukrainian government sites, but who are they?
Belarus hackers behind the Ukraine cyberattack, Russia arrests ransomware hacker at US request
Belarus hackers were behind the Ukraine cyberattack, it was announced as Russia arrests ransomware hacker at US request
Lukashenko and Xi Jinping hold telephone conversation praising future co-operation
On January 10, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and Chinese President Xi Jinping held a phone conversation, marking 30 years of bilateral contact between the countries and praising the development of future bilateral co-operation.
Belarus in Focus releases its annual review of the political situation in 2021 and its forecasts for 2022
Main takeaways on Belarus role in European security, Belarus-Russian Relations, the regime’s stability, and civil society developments for 2022.
Lithuania terminates transport contract with Belarus potassium giant Belaruskali
Lithuania insists it did not break sanctions by allowing Belaruskali exports but the affair was extremely embarrassing because it has been one of the most strident voices calling for sanctions on Minsk.
Kazakh and Belarusian CSTO peacekeepers spotted wearing blue UN peacekeeping helmets
Kazakh state media caused a stir after it published photographs of state security forces wearing blue UN helmets at a checkpoint in Almaty on January 9.
Kremlin-led bloc will crush any attempts at ‘colour revolutions’ says Putin in wake of Kazakhstan unrest
Russian leader joins Kazakh president in describing violent unrest as work of foreign-backed terrorist groups
_1641814326.jpg)
Norwigean fertiliser producer Yara initiates wind-down of its sourcing of Belarusian potash
Today, the Norwigean fertiliser producer Yara announced a wind-down in its sourcing of Potash from the Belarusian state-owned company JSC Belaruskali.
_0_1641776664.jpg)
Russian troops could be gone within week from Kazakhstan, says Tokayev’s spokesman
President steps up purge of security agency amid persistent speculation of clash with Nazarbayev clan.
CSTO comes out of the shadows for the first time
In Kazakhstan the Russian-dominated military alliance is conducting its first military intervention since its foundation 30 years ago.
#Kazakhstan President Tokayev calls on CSTO to send peacekeepers as protests spin out of control
Moscow-led security alliance of five ex-Soviet states has agreed to send peacekeepers to Kazakhstan where the protests have got beyond the control of the authorities.
Belarus’ opposition leader Tikhanovskaya calls on the people to hold firm in an emotional New Year’s address
Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya told viewers that she was “angry” but sees “light in the darkness: you,” in an slick New Year’s address released on YouTube to see out a year of frustration and repression.
Estonian government under fire for booming trade with Belarus
Government says that companies brokering or transiting goods from Belarus to the foreign market through Estonia do not violate sanctions imposed on Lukashenko's regime.
