The European Union proposed imposing tariffs on the remaining agricultural products coming from Russia and Belarus that aren’t already facing duties, as well as some nitrogen-based fertilizers.

Belarusian President and presidential candidate Alexander Lukashenko attends a press conference after casting his vote in the presidential election in Minsk, Belarus, January 26, 2025. File ...

Brendan Cole is a Newsweek Senior News Reporter based in London, UK. His focus is Russia and Ukraine, in particular the war started by Moscow. He also covers other areas of geopolitics including ...

Alexander Lukashenko, Europe’s longest-serving leader, has extended his 31-year rule in Belarus after being declared the winner of a presidential election that his exiled opponents and Western ...

“Dear Aleksandr Grigorievich, I sincerely congratulate you on your reelection as President of the Republic of Belarus,” Putin said Monday in a statement published on the Kremlin’s website. “Your ...

An American woman has been unexpectedly released from detention in Belarus, according to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. The announcement came on Sunday as Belarus conducted an election likely ...

Speaking to journalists after casting his ballot in the presidential election Sunday, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko stressed that Belarus wants peace in Ukraine. Belarusian President ...

Longtime Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko has been declared winner of a disputed presidential election, securing a seventh straight term, according to the country’s electoral body.

Alexander Lukashenko has, to date, been the only leader of Belarus since the dissolution of the Soviet Union Authoritarian Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko has secured another victory in an ...

Belarus has "unilaterally" freed an American woman from detention, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Sunday, as the Kremlin-allied country held an orchestrated election poised to give ...

Our earlier story is below: The smiling face of President Alexander Lukashenko gazed out from campaign posters across Belarus on Sunday as the country held an orchestrated election virtually ...

Alexander Lukashenko extended his 31-year leadership in Belarus, claiming 86.8% in a disputed presidential vote, state media reported. Western critics denounced the election as neither free nor ...