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News Articles: Belarus

Ukrainian soldiers fire a self-propelled howitzer towards Russian positions near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Sunday.

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Latest in Ukraine: All eyes on Bakhmut as Russia fights to take it over (March 6)

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

March 06, 2023
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  • NPR Staff
Nobel Prize winner Ales Bialiatski is seen in the defendants' cage in the courtroom at the start of the hearing in Minsk on Jan. 5, 2023

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  • World

Belarus Nobel Peace Prize laureate sentenced to 10 years in prison

Ales Bialiatski was one of the leaders of Belarus' pro-democracy movement, inspiring protests against what activists maintained were fraudulent presidential elections in 2020.

March 03, 2023
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By:
  • Charles Maynes
Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko meets with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing on Wednesday.

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  • World

China's Xi heralds 'unbreakable' friendship with Belarus, an ally of Russia

The two leaders met in Beijing and discussed the war in Ukraine, a week after China released a position paper, calling for a cease-fire and peace talks between Russia and Ukraine.

March 01, 2023
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By:
  • John Ruwitch
Ukrainian journalist-turned-soldier Viktor Dudar's mother (center) grieves at his grave as he's laid to rest in Lviv, Ukraine, last March. Last week the world marked the first anniversary of Russia's large-scale invasion of Ukraine.

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  • World

Latest in Ukraine: As Russia's war starts its second year, eyes are on China (Feb. 27)

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

February 27, 2023
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  • NPR Staff
Firefighters work after a drone attack on buildings in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday. It was the second Monday in a row of Russian strikes on the Ukrainian capital.

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  • World

Ukraine war updates: Russia strikes Kyiv as Russian troops move into Belarus (Oct. 17)

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

October 17, 2022
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  • NPR Staff
An employee of Ukraine's Center for Civil Liberties works in the office in Kyiv on Friday.

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  • Europe

Ukrainians are miffed to share the Peace Prize with Russian and Belarusian winners

While the Ukrainian organization that won is celebrating, many Ukrainians are upset they need to share the award with countries that have been aggressive against them.

October 07, 2022
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  • Julian Hayda
Volunteers from Belarus practice at a shooting range near Warsaw, Poland, on May 20. Belarusians are among those who have answered a call by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for foreign fighters to go to Ukraine and join the International Legion for the Territorial Defense of Ukraine.

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  • World

These Belarusians join the fight against Russia, defying their Moscow-backed regime

Belarusians who see their country's fate as linked to Ukraine's victory are joining an anti-Kremlin resistance that includes activists, ex-spies and a Belarusian brigade fighting for Ukraine.

May 31, 2022
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By:
  • Joanna Kakissis and
  • Dawid Krawczyk
Volunteers from Belarus practice at a shooting range near Warsaw, Poland, on May 20. Belarusians are among those who have answered a call by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for foreign fighters to go to Ukraine and join the International Legion for the Territorial Defense of Ukraine.

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  • World

These Belarusians join the fight against Russia, defying their Moscow-backed regime

Belarusians who see their country's fate as linked to Ukraine's victory are joining an anti-Kremlin resistance that includes activists, ex-spies and a Belarusian brigade fighting for Ukraine.

May 31, 2022
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  • Joanna Kakissis and
  • Dawid Krawczyk
Russian troops arrive back in the Russian city of Ivanovo on Jan. 15 after serving briefly in the former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan. The Russian forces were dispatched to help Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev stamp out widespread protests against his authoritarian rule. Kazakhstan is just one of five former Soviet republic where Russian troops have been operating this year.

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  • Europe

Ukraine is the focus, but Russian troops are in several ex-Soviet republics

Russian forces have been active in multiple former Soviet republics this year, a reflection of Russian leader Vladimir Putin's desire to maintain a 'sphere of influence' beyond Russia's borders.

May 02, 2022
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  • Greg Myre
Runners near the finish line on Boylston Street during the 125th Boston Marathon on October 11, 2021 in Boston, Massachusetts. Runners residing in Russia and Belarus are banned from this year's event.

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  • Sports

Runners who live in Russia and Belarus are banned from this year's Boston Marathon

Organizers also said that Russians and Belarusians who live elsewhere will still be able to run, just not under their countries' flags. The marathon and 5k are planned for the weekend of April 16.

April 07, 2022
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  • Rachel Treisman
Evan Neumann, who is wanted by the FBI, holds his new Belarusian documents at the department of citizenship and migration office in Brest, Belarus.

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  • World

A Jan. 6 Capitol riot suspect wanted by the FBI was granted refugee status in Belarus

Evan Neumann is under federal indictment in the U.S. for more than a dozen charges linked to last year's Capitol insurrection. Russian ally Belarus has granted him asylum and protection indefinitely.

March 23, 2022
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov (left) shakes hands with Russian negotiators prior to talks between their countries' delegations amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Belarus' Brest region on March 3.

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  • Europe

Why Belarus is so involved in Russia's invasion of Ukraine

Although Belarus is not directly involved in combat in Ukraine, it does play a key role in Russia's war. Here's what to know.

March 11, 2022
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  • Becky Sullivan
GPB News NPR

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  • Law

U.S. charges Belarus officials with air piracy in reporter's arrest

U.S. prosecutors say Belarusian officials diverted a flight to Minsk so they could arrest opposition activist and journalist Raman Pratasevich on charges of inciting riots against the government.

January 20, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Blend, a Kurd from Iraq, considers himself lucky. He has only spent 14 days in a camp on the Belarusian side of the border and five days in the woods after crossing to the Polish side. When his kidney problems started to become unbearable because of lack of food and water for the last days, and he couldn't walk longer, volunteers from Polish aid organizations arrived to help.

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  • World

This photographer captured how activists helped migrants at the Poland-Belarus border

Polish-based photographer Kasia Strek documented what it was like for migrants and people in Poland as the crisis evolved at the border in November.

January 03, 2022
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  • Kasia Strek and
  • Marco Storel
Migrants aiming to cross into Poland camp near the Bruzgi-Kuznica border crossing on the Belarusian-Polish border on Nov. 17.

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  • World

Syrians say Belarus deported them even though they're wanted by Assad's regime

After luring asylum-seekers to the EU as a political stunt, Belarus has now sent people back to the dangerous place they were escaping, rights groups and migrants tell NPR.

December 24, 2021
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  • Ruth Sherlock and
  • Carol Malouf
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