Ukrainians, Belarusians help turn Warsaw into hub of creative arts
Warsaw, Poland Reuters Yulia Krivich is part of a burgeoning community of artists from around the former Soviet Union that has helped turn the Polish capital into a major hub of creative talent, especially after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of her native Ukraine. Krivich, who has lived in Poland for more than a decade, […]
New hazards of war enclose Belarusian town with turbulent past
Osipovichi, Belarus Reuters A Belarusian town with a turbulent past may hold some haunting new secrets: an empty camp that mutinous Russian mercenaries have yet to use and perhaps even a storage facility for tactical nuclear weapons Russia says it has deployed in Belarus. In a former military camp surrounded by fir and birch forest […]
Belarus leader says nuclear arms will not be used
Reuters Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, the Kremlin’s staunchest ally in its war in Ukraine, said on Friday he was certain Russian tactical nuclear weapons deployed in his country would never be used. Lukashenko and Russian President Vladimir Putin have acknowledged that some tactical weapons have arrived in Belarus and the remainder would be put in […]
Renegade Russian mercenary Prigozhin is in Belarus – Lukashenko
Moscow, RussiaReuters Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin flew to Belarus from Russia on Tuesday after a mutiny that dealt the biggest blow to President Vladimir Putin’s authority since he came to power more than 23 years ago. Putin initially vowed to crush the mutiny, comparing it to the wartime turmoil that ushered in the revolution […]
Russian mercenary chief says he did not intend coup, Putin thanks those who stood down
Reuters The boss of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group, two days after leading an aborted mutiny, on Monday said he never intended to overthrow the government, while Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked Wagner fighters who stood down. Wagner head Yevgeny Prigozhin gave few clues about his own fate, including his whereabouts, or the deal under which […]
Essay: Wagner’s mutiny punctured Putin’s ‘strongman’ image and exposed cracks in his rule
In an article first published on The Conversation, PETER RUTLAND, professor of government at Wesleyan University, looks at events in Russia on the weekend – and what the longer-term impacts may be…
Russian mercenaries return to bases after challenge to Putin’s authority
Rostov-on-Don/Voronezh, Russia Reuters Heavily armed Russian mercenaries withdrew from the southern Russian city of Rostov under a deal that halted their rapid advance on Moscow but raised questions on Sunday about President Vladimir Putin’s grip on power. Ending their short-lived mutiny, fighters of the Wagner group began heading back to their bases late on Saturday […]
Rebel Russian mercenaries turn back short of Moscow “to avoid bloodshed”
Rostov-on-Don/Voronezh, RussiaReuters Heavily armed Russian mercenaries who advanced most of the way to Moscow began turning back on Saturday, de-escalating a major challenge to President Vladimir Putin’s grip on power, in a move their leader said would avoid bloodshed. Yevgeny Prigozhin, a former Putin ally and founder of the Wagner army, said his men reached […]
Putin says Russia positions nuclear bombs in Belarus as warning to West
Reuters President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that his deployment of tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus, something he confirmed for the first time had already happened, was a reminder to the West that it could not inflict a strategic defeat on Russia. Speaking at Russia’s flagship economic forum in St Petersburg, Putin said Russian tactical […]
Five nations elected to UN Security Council, but Belarus denied
United NationsReuters The United Nations General Assembly elected Algeria, Guyana, Sierra Leone, Slovenia and South Korea to the UN Security Council on Tuesday for two-year terms starting on 1st January, 2024, while Belarus – allied with Russia in its invasion of Ukraine – was denied a spot. Algeria, Guyana, Sierra Leone and South Korea ran […]