Contents tagged with Belarus
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Armenia joins Russian-Belarusian joint defense venture
Armenia has signed an agreement to join the Defensive Systems of Russian-Belarusian Interstate Financial and Industrial Group, TASS reported.
"Armenia joined the intergovernmental Russian-Belarusian agreement of February 11th, 2000 on the establishment of a ‘Defensive Systems Interstate Financial and Industrial Group. The main purpose of the establishment of such a group is the use of its participants scientific, technical, industrial, and investment potentials for the creation and production …
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Opposition leader: The Belarusian Army is a branch of Russia’s Army
The Belarusian regime became a pig before the slaughter, says the country's opposition leader Mikola Statkevich. He suggested his fellow citizens take responsibility for their country, which was "practically sold out by the narrow-minded dictator.""I’ve read an interview of a Russian politologist, Valery Solovey with Euroradio recently,” Alexander Lukashenko’s rival in the 2010 election wrote in his blog. In particular, he said, "I have no doubt that Belarus has a lot of followers of Russia, …
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Belarus reported increase in military cooperation with the West
Belarus has enhanced its military cooperation with NATO as was stated in an interview with the Belarusian Military Newspaper by the Deputy Chief of the International Military Cooperation Department of the Defense Ministry of the Republic, Dmitry Uporov.
"International military cooperation with the west has enhanced significantly," he noted. "We continue our cooperation with NATO, both the international organization as a whole, and with individual members of the alliance in a bilateral format …
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EU transferred equipment worth 2.2 million Euros to Ukraine to strengthen Belarusian-Ukrainian border
On Tuesday, the Delegation of the European Union to Ukraine transferred technical equipment and transport vehicles, worth €2.2 million, to the country’s State Border Guard Service to aid in strengthening their border with Belarus.
According to the website of the State Border Guard Service, this technical assistance is part of the second phase of the SURCAP international project, which aims to strengthen the capacities of the border agencies of Ukraine and Belarus by protecting their common …
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Belarus is ready to take control over the Ukrainian-Russian border in the Donbas
Belarus is ready to take control over the Ukrainian-Russian border in the Donbas and organize local elections on the territories not controlled by Ukraine, as stated by the President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, during a conversation with the media and bloggers from Russia, Tut.by reports.
"I spoke with Putin and told him that whatever the cost, we need to come up with something to begin the resolution process ... There will be no winners in this war. The longer the conflict lasts, the …
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Latvia plans to build a fence along the border with Belarus
Latvian authorities are planning to start the construction of a fence at the border with Belarus, modeled after the barrier erected at the border with Russia. This was reported by Delfi with reference to the head of the State Border Guard of Latvia, Normunds Garbars.
Garbars noted that the expenses are already built into the budget for the following year. "The project will be realized on the same principles", the news agency writes. According to it, the construction of the fence will begin no …
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Russia and Belarus to consider increased NATO activity
When conducting the West 2017 strategic exercises scheduled for September of next year, Russia and Belarus will take into account the increase in activity by NATO near the borders of the Union states [Belarus and Russia].
As Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu, who was in Minsk on a visit, specified, maneuvers will be carried out at several training sites in Russia and Belarus. “In developing scenarios and planning exercises, the situation related to increasing activities of NATO near the …
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Lukashenko: Russia relies on Belarusian customs authorities to protect its interests
In defending its interests in the west, Russia relies on the assistance of customs authorities in Belarus, as Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko stated during a working meeting with the chairman of the State Customs Committee of the Republic, Yuri Senko, BELTA reports.
“I’m interested in these worrisome facts. I want full information about the service we provide the Russian Federation (because only due to our customs is Russia able to defend its interests in the west and relies upon the …
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Lukashenko: Belarus will not tolerate pressure from Russia
At a meeting with State Secretary of the Union State of Russia and Belarus Grigory Rapota on September 20, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko expressed his dissatisfaction with the decrease in Russian oil supplies because of the dispute between Minsk and Moscow on gas prices. The president of Belarus said that he instructed the government to optimize the country’s participation in the integration projects. “We are dragging our feet and already for several months cannot agree on the price …
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Media: Belarusian and Russian militaries are jamming mobile communications along border with Poland
Residents in the northeastern regions of Poland have begun to experience certain difficulties due to the proximity of Russian and Belarusian military units, as stated in a publication of Belarus Partisan.
Military communications used by the security forces of the Russian Federation and Belarus emit powerful signals. As a result, Polish cellular signals in the interference zone are suppressed, Rzeczpospolita asserts. In order to use their cellular phones, Poles are forced to buy sim cards from …