Belarus

The decision to deploy nuclear weapons in Belarus was one of Moscow's toughest nuclear signals to the West since Russia's invasion of Ukraine last year.

Although the move was not unexpected, it is one of Russia's most pronounced nuclear signals since the beginning of its invasion of Ukraine.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has long raised the issue of stationing tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, which borders Poland, Putin said.

Experts say sanctions will achieve policy goals even if sanctioned countries decide to cooperate but acknowledge that criticism of sanctions’ effectiveness will continue to grow.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko was in Iran to discuss bilateral ties on economic issues, but it was unclear if defense ties were on the agenda.

Belarusian Security Council has instructed the defense ministry to finalize the draft law on forming a new voluntary territorial defense within a month.

Byalyatski is a pro-democracy activist and founder of the Viasna human rights group which provided aid to Belarusian protesters in 2020.

Front and central parts of the aircraft as well as the radar antenna were damaged as a result of two explosions in the attack at the Machulishchy air base near Minsk

Belarusian President Lukashenko is a close ally of Russia and has allowed Russian forces to attack Ukraine from Belarusian borders.

The number of immigrants from Russia isn't coming down - in fact, this January saw the second most immigrants in a month since the war broke out.