Belarus

HANDOUT - 25 June 2022, Russia, Saint Petersburg: Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) meets with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. Photo: -/Kremlin/dpa - ATTENTION: editorial use only and only if the credit mentioned above is referenced in full.

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WAR IN UKRAINE

Russia to send nuclear-capable missiles to Belarus, Putin says

The Nomad Today/dpa 6/26/22

In Severodonetsk, the eastern city that has been reduced to rubble after weeks of gruelling street fighting and aerial bombardments, both sides said Russia was now in full control

HANDOUT - 28 May 2021, Russia, Sochi: Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko is pictured during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin (not pictured) in Sochi. Photo: -/Kremlin/dpa - ATTENTION: editorial use only and only if the credit mentioned above is referenced in full

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WAR IN UKRAINE

Belarus testing rapid response forces in surprise military manoeuvre

The Nomad Today/dpa 5/4/22

The goal of the inspection is to check how quickly the intervention force can react to sudden crisis scenarios

FILED - 11 March 2022, Russia, Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) speaks with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko during their meeting. Putin has arrived in Russia's far east for a meeting with Lukashenko. Photo: -/Kremlin/dpa - ATTENTION: editorial use only and only if the credit mentioned above is referenced in full.

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WAR IN UKRAINE

Putin says he has no doubt the Ukraine 'operation' will succeed

The Nomad Today/dpa 4/12/22

Putin also said that Russia did not want to close itself off from the rest of the world

27 February 2022, Ukraine, Bucha: A view of houses destroyed by Russian army shelling. Russia launched a full-scale attack on Ukraine on Thursday, 24 February 2022, shelling cities and bases with airstrikes or shells. Photo: -/Ukrinform/dpa.

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WAR IN UKRAINE

Russian-Ukrainian peace talks end without a breakthrough

The Nomad Today/dpa 2/28/22

The meeting lasted about six hours in total

20 February 2022, China, Beijing: Russian Olympic Committee players react after losing the Men's Ice Hockey Gold medal match between Finland and Russian Olympic Committee at Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games. Photo: Peter Kneffel/dpa

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WAR IN UKRAINE

Hosts Finland want Russia and Belarus banned from ice hockey worlds

The Nomad Today/dpa 2/28/22

A statement quoted Finnish ice hockey chief Harri Nummela as telling Finland will not play against the national teams of these countries

FILED - 23 December 2021, Russia, Moscow: Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, attends the annual End-of-year press conference of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Peskov said that a Russian delegation has arrived in Belarus and is ready for talks with the Ukrainian side. Photo: -/Kremlin/dpa - ATTENTION: editorial use only and only if the credit mentioned above is referenced in full.

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WAR IN UKRAINE

Kremlin says delegation in Belarus for talks, Zelensky rejects offer

The Nomad Today/dpa 2/27/22

The Ukrainian leader said he was open to all places "from which no missiles are fired at Ukraine"

HANDOUT - 29 May 2021, Russia, Sochi: Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) speaks with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko during their informal meeting in Sochi as they take a boat trip off the Black Sea coast. Photo: -/Kremlin/dpa - ATTENTION: editorial use only and only if the credit mentioned above is referenced in full

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WAR IN UKRAINE

Belarus troops not taking part in Russian operation, Lukashenko says

The Nomad Today/dpa 2/24/22

According to information from Minsk, Vladimir Putin and Lukashenko spoke on the phone early on Thursday

06 February 2022, Ukraine, Chernobyl Exclusion Zone: Soviet murals at the abandoned "Duga 1" facility in the Chernobyl exclusion zone. Russia continues its military buildup across the border in Belarus, 15 kilometres from the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Photo: Bryan Smith/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa.

World

NATO-RUSSIA TENSIONS

Russia: First troops pull away from Ukraine's border after exercises

The Nomad Today/dpa 2/15/22

The troop deployments have caused tensions between the West and Russia to soar to levels not seen since the Cold War

27 January 2022, Poland, Tolcze: Armed border guards are seen guarding the border line with Belarus during the construction works. Poland has started building wall on its eastern border intended to block migrants pushed by Belarus, in what the European Union calls a “hybrid attack,” from crossing illegally into EU territory. Photo: Attila Husejnow/SOPA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa.

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LARGE-SCALE MANOEUVRE

Belarus, Russia start military exercises amid tensions over Ukraine

The Nomad Today/dpa 2/10/22

Russia has been moving heavy military equipment into Belarus over the past few weeks including S-400 air defence systems and Sukhoi Su-25 SM fighter jets

HANDOUT - 20 July 2021, Russia, Zhukovsky: A general view of models of a new light tactical single-engine jet fighter at the Sukhoi pavilion of the MAKS-2021 International Aviation and Space Salon. Photo: -/Kremlin/dpa - ATTENTION: editorial use only and only if the credit mentioned above is referenced in full

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NATO-RUSSIA TENSIONS

Russia moves fighter jets into Belarus ahead of military exercise

The Nomad Today/dpa 2/5/22

The alliance has accused Russia of amassing some 30,000 combat troops in Belarus, including aircraft, nuclear-tipped Iskander missiles, S-400 air defence systems, and special units of the…

FILED - 11 June 2021, Berlin: Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya arrives for a meeting with German Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media Monika Gruetters at the Berlinale festival grounds on Museum Island. In view of the upcoming verdict against her imprisoned husband Sergei Tikhanovsky, Tikhanovskaya has announced that she will persevere. Photo: Christoph Soeder/dpa Pool/dpa.

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HUMAN RIGHTS

Belarus opposition leader's husband sentenced to 18 years in prison

The Nomad Today/dpa 12/14/21

Five other men were also handed long prison sentences

26 May 2021, Hessen, Frankfurt_Main: An aircraft of the Belarusian airline Belavia lands at Frankfurt Airport. Many European countries have closed their airspace to the airline after Belarusian authorities had forced a Ryanair plane, on its way from Greece to Lithuania, to land in Minsk with a dissident journalist on board. Photo: Andreas Arnold/dpa.

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MIGRATION CRISIS

EU sanctions airlines over Belarus border crisis

The Nomad Today/dpa 12/3/21

The EU has now placed penalties on a total of 183 individuals and 26 entities related to Belarus

18 November 2021, Belarus, Bruzgi: Migrants camp near the border with Poland. Around 900 migrants on the border with Poland have spent the night from Wednesday to Thursday outdoors for the 11th consecutive day despite the low temperatures. Photo: Ulf Mauder/dpa.

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IMMIGRATION CRISIS

Migrant tent camp at Belarusian-Polish border cleared

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/19/21

After a first case of Covid-19 was reported at the emergency shelter the day before, a vaccination centre is to start operating there on Friday

18 November 2021, Belarus, Brusgi: Migrants are in the emergency shelter at the warehouse of a logistics centre near the border with Poland. Photo: Ulf Mauder/dpa.

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IMMIGRATION CRISIS

Polish PM: 'Millions' of migrants to arrive in Europe if controls lax

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/18/21

"If we don't decisively protect and defend our borders in Europe, hundreds of millions from Africa or the Middle East will try to come to Europe," he said.

Polish security forces and a water cannon stand behind the closed border crossing of Belarus' Brusgi and Poland's Kuznica. Photo: Ulf Mauder/dpa.

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CRISIS

Poland claims victory, says Belarus busing migrants away from border

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/17/21

According to border guards, buses were also to be organized to Minsk for people who wanted to fly back to Iraq from the Belarusian capital

10 November 2021, Poland, Kuznica: Police check all vehicles approaching the border between Poland and Belarus at the Kuznica border crossing. The migration crisis involving refugees trying to enter the European Union via Belarus has further escalated on Poland's border with Belarus. Photo: Michael Kappeler/dpa

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CRISIS

Polish forces fire water cannon at migrants on Belarus border

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/16/21

The Defence Ministry in Warsaw said the border forces had responded to an "attack" by migrants

13 November 2021, Poland, Warsaw: Protesters hold a banner that says 'We stand like a wall behind the defenders of borders' during a demonstration outside the City Hall under the motto 'No for mass immigration!' organized by members of the All Polish Youth nationalist against illegal migration and the situation at the eastern border of Poland. Photo: Attila Husejnow/SOPA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa.

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CRISIS

Poland claims Belarus equipping migrants for border breach

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/15/21

A 20-year-old Syrian man was the latest victim to be discovered dead at the open-air camp. His body was found on Saturday

FILED - 11 November 2021, Poland, Kuznica: Police officers and military police check cars near the Kuznica border crossing on the border between Poland and Belarus. The migration crisis involving refugees trying to enter the European Union via Belarus has escalated on Poland's border with Belarus. Photo: Michael Kappeler/dpa.

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IMMIGRATION CRISIS

Group of migrants breaks through border amid Polish-Belarus stand-off

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/14/21

Polish police reported arresting four people who had been helping the migrants across the border

11 November 2021, Poland, Kuznica: Humvees of the Polish Army are on their way to the Kuznica border crossing on the border between Poland and Belarus. The migration crisis involving refugees trying to enter the European Union via Belarus has escalated on Poland's border with Belarus. Photo: Michael Kappeler/dpa.

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CRISIS

Baltic states warn of possible military escalation at Belarus border

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/12/21

Lukashenko threatened Thursday to cut energy supplies to Europe

09 November 2021, Poland, Narewka: A refugee family warms themselves under blankets provided by Grupa Granica organization, as they sit in a forest near the Belarusian-Polish border. The Iraqi refugee family of seventeen, including nine children, called out to activists for help after spending seventeen days in a forest and got pushed back eight times. Photo: Jana Cavojska/SOPA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa.

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IMMIGRATION CRISIS

Poland accuses Belarus of state terrorism as border crisis unfolds

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/11/21

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday appealed to Russia to use its influence on Minsk to find a way to resolve the growing tensions in the region