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.

Belarus is Russia's strategic partner in the food industry, Belarus' Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Shuleiko told journalists ...

In terms of food supplies, we will discuss them with the Russian government tomorrow. We'll confirm our volumes and plans for ...

General Serhiy Nayev said the border is "fortified with more than half a million mines. All the bridges there have been blown ...

With many of his political opponents either jailed or exiled abroad, Alexander Lukashenko, dubbed “Europe’s last dictator,” ...

Aleksandr Lukashenko has awarded himself a seventh term as president of Belarus, with the West calling the so-called vote a ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has sent a defense treaty with Belarus to the State Duma for ratification, according to RBC ...

Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko, who has been in power for over 30 years, is poised to extend his rule ...

As an East African bloc urged an immediate ceasefire in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwandan-backed M23 rebels who ...

Reclusive Moscow-allied Belarus will hold a presidential election Sunday, with President Alexander Lukashenko set to cruise ...

MINSK (Reuters) -Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko said on Sunday that some of his political opponents had "chosen" to ...