• Putin calls on Lukashenko to begin dialogue with Belarusian opposition

    Russian President Vladimir Putin for the first time called on the self-proclaimed president of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko to start a dialogue with the Belarusian opposition. "Yes, we know that the situation in Belarus. Although it has calmed down inside the country, but, nevertheless, there are problems, and we are well aware of this and, of course, call for a dialogue between the authorities and the opposition," said Putin, speaking at an expanded meeting of the Board of the Russian Ministry …

  • Ukraine asks EU for help in reinforcing border with Belarus

    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky discussed during a telephone conversation with the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen the possibility of obtaining EU assistance to reinforce the Ukrainian-Belarusian border, reports the press service of the Ukrainian President.

    The parties discussed the deteriorating situation on the European-Belarusian and Ukrainian-Belarusian borders. Zelensky and Ursula von der Leyen agreed that this situation is a hybrid attack that requires …

  • Russian Foreign Ministry publishes confidential correspondence with Germany and France

    The Foreign Russian Ministry has published diplomatic correspondence of Russian Foreign  Minister Sergey Lavrov with the foreign ministers of France and Germany Jean-Yves Le Drian and Heiko Maas.

    The letters of Lavrov and the German and French ministers are posted openly on the website of the Russian Foreign Ministry.

    The Russian Foreign Ministry explained such a step by the fact that the position of the Russian side and its approach to  the Normandy format meetings is allegedly regularly …

  • Belarus to stop electricity supply to Ukraine

    Beginning November 18, Belarus is stopping the electricity supplies to Ukraine . According to the Belarusian Ministry of Energy, electricity supplies to Ukraine will be stopped "in accordance with the established procedure within the framework of contractual relations."

    The report states that "the Belarusian side will consider the possibility of further electricity supplies to Ukraine taking into account technical capabilities."

    The reasons for the termination of delivery have not be …

  • Lukashenko gives EU an ultimatum to resolve migrant crisis

    Self-proclaimed Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has put forward a list of demands that he wants the EU to implement in order to resolve the migrant crisis on Belarus-Poland border, said the Foreign Minister of Estonia Eva-Maria Liimets in an interview with ETV.

    "He wants the sanctions to be stopped, [and] to be recognized as head of state so he can continue," Liimeths said, explaining that Lukashenko voiced these conditions during a phone conversation with acting German Chancellor …