Rights groups, activists and independent media in Russia and Belarus endured increased government scrutiny, repressive laws and even were shut down and forced to operate from exile abroad.

Framed and mounted on a castle wall are the faded and tattered remains of the Fairy Flag of Dunvegan. Legends tell of ...

The Abu Dhabi Open has apologised to Russian world number 11 Daria Kasatkina for an administrative mistake that listed her as ...

Near a border checkpoint between Belarus and Ukraine, anti-tank spikes and concrete ... In the distance, a large blue and ...

Hundreds of Belarusians, led by opposition leader-in-exile Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, demonstrated in Warsaw on Sunday over the rigged presidential election back home that saw dictator Lukhashenko ‘win ...

Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko is all but certain to extend his more than three decades in power in ...

Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko, who has been in power for over 30 years, is poised to extend his rule ...

The last time Belarus staged a presidential election in 2020, authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko was declared the winner with 80% of the vote. That triggered cries of fraud, months of ...

With many of his political opponents either jailed or exiled abroad, the 70-year-old Lukashenko ... national flag in favor of one similar to what it used as a Soviet republic. Belarus' top ...

According to the official: “The structure, initially believed to be a fountain, turned out to be an 1,800-year-old tomb belonging to a prominent family in the city.” ...