Putin's strategy to dismantle NATO through division and energy dependence is a grave threat to European independence. His war in Ukraine is just the beginning.

Lukashenko may be in power in Minsk, but after 2020, it's really Putin calling most of the shots. HUANG: And Charles, like, what is the view of the U.S. and other Western countries on all of this?

“Then, in the 1990s, Boris Yeltsin was unpopular in Russia as a president. He was old and sick, and Lukashenko thought that he could defeat him at any democratic election.

“Then, in the 1990s, Boris Yeltsin was unpopular in Russia as a president. He was old and sick, and Lukashenko thought that he could defeat him at any democratic election.

"Dear Alexander Grigoriyevich! Dear friends! We are celebrating a historic moment in the relations between Russia and Belarus," Russian President Boris Yeltsin said at a meeting with Belarusian ...

The film “Time Chose Us” on the Belarus 1 TV channel shows footage of the first meeting of Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko and Russian President Boris Yeltsin in 1995, BelTA reports.

In 1996, Vladimir Putin moved to Moscow, joining President Boris Yeltsin's administration. He held various roles, ultimately becoming FSB director and then, acting prime minister in 1999.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko rejected the notion of Belarus formally joining Russia during an interview with the Russian news outlet Izvestia. The interview, published on Friday, had ...

Former president Boris Yeltsin announced Putin as the director of the Federal Security in July 1998. He was then appointed to be the prime minister by Yeltsin in 1999. Later in the year, Vladimir ...

FILE -- Russian President Boris Yeltsin, left, and President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus drink a toast celebrating the signing of an agreement in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on April 2, 1996.

Alexander Lukashenko was elected to his sixth term in office in 2020, in balloting widely seen at home and abroad as rigged. Published - July 19, 2024 11:37 am IST - TALLINN (Estonia) ...