Negotiations on an Iran sanctions resolution were unexpectedly postponed Tuesday because of Russia’s anger at the United States for raising the plight of an opposition leader in Belarus in the U.N. Security Council, The Associated Press news agency reports.
Popularity: 1% [?]
December 13, 2006
Former Belarussian presidential candidate Alexander Milinkevich has said he intends to spend the prize money given to him as part of the Sakharov Prize in support of political prisoners.
Popularity: 1% [?]
December 12, 2006Half of population of Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Belarus are sorry about collapse of the USSR and believe that the Soviet Union could have been preserved, the second half thinks the break-up was inevitable. At that the percentage of those feeling sorry for the collapse of the Soviet Union is the highest in Russia (68%). These are results of a study conducted in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Belarus in November 2006 by Eurasian Monitor International Research Agency.
Popularity: 3% [?]
December 8, 2006Belarus’ president said Friday he supported an estimated $2.5-billion project to build a nuclear power plant in the country to cut its dependence on energy imports, Russian news agency RIA-Novosti reports.
Popularity: 1% [?]
December 4, 2006
Russian President Vladimir Putin is to visit Ukraine on December 22.
Popularity: 3% [?]
November 30, 2006Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiev has arrived in Minsk for talks with his Belarusian counterpart, Alexander Lukashenko, ahead of a CIS summit.
Popularity: 2% [?]
November 27, 2006A Belarusian spy working against the interests of Poland was arrested Saturday in neighboring Lithuania.
Popularity: 1% [?]
Belarusian police detained opposition leader Alexander Milinkevich on Thursday during a visit to a province where he was gathering signatures in support of candidates for local elections, his spokesman said.
Popularity: 1% [?]
November 24, 2006Russia has sent anti-aircraft systems to Belarus in retaliation against the delivery to Poland of US-made F-16 warplanes, a source in the Moscow-led Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) said on Friday.
Popularity: 1% [?]
November 10, 2006“Iran is interested in cooperation with Belarus and is ready to develop interaction in all spheres,†Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko arrived in Iran on a three-day visit Sunday to discuss boosting trade and economic cooperation between the two countries.
Popularity: 1% [?]
November 7, 2006
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