• US Secretary of State offers to cover 100% of Belarus’ oil and gas needs

    The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Saturday that the United States is willing and able to provide Belarus with 100% of its oil and gas.

    Pompeo is the first secretary of state to visit Belarus in 26 years and arrived in Minsk amid new tensions between Minsk and Moscow over energy. In a meeting with authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko, Pompeo said he hoped to help provide an opportunity for Belarus to achieve the "sovereignty" and "independence" it seeks.

    "The United States …

  • Disappearance of Belarusian sugar mill directors linked to fraudulent deliveries to Russia

    The disappearance of the directors of all four Belarusian sugar mills could be linked to fraudulent deliveries to Russia, Belarusian Prosecutor General Alexander Konyuk told the TV channel Belarus 4 Grodno in an interview.

    This is the first official statement about the so-called “sugar case”. “I don’t want to announce some things now, the entire republic is talking about them at the moment. But what’s happened now is once again external accounts receivable. It’s the fraudulent schemes that are …

  • Lukashenko: We need to overcome the problems Russia has dumped on us

    In its planning for the next five years, the Belarusian government will have to deal with some serious challenges, said the republic’s president Alexander Lukashenko during a meeting with the newly appointed officials of his administration. According to the president, several of the economic problems are linked to Russia.

    “We will need to plan, and very seriously. Even this year, we have to work very seriously hard to overcome the negative effects in the economy, especially those linked to …

  • Russia and Belarus unable to agree on oil transit tariff

    Russia and Belarus have concluded their negotiations on the transit of Russian oil through the republic’s territory. The final decision should be made by Belarus in accordance with its competence and within the established time frame, Anatoly Golomolzin, deputy head of Russia’s Federal Anti-monopoly Service (FAS), told the TASS news agency.

    “The negotiations have been concluded. The disagreements have been noted. The final decision should be made by the Belarusian party in accordance with its …

  • Human rights activists blame Russian aircraft for civilian deaths in Syria

    Ten civilians have been killed by Russian airstrikes in the Syrian province of Idlib, said representatives from the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The Russian Defense Ministry called the allegations “provocation”, Current Time reports.

    A bakery and a hospital in the town of Ariha, Idlib, were damaged in a Russian air raid early Thursday morning, the Turkish news agency Anadolu reports. The Russian Defense Ministry denied that Russian aircraft had been involved in any combat …