Belarus Suspends Important Nuclear Agreement - NYTimes.com
MOSCOW — Belarus said Friday that it would suspend an agreement to give up its supply of highly enriched uranium, torpedoing, at least temporarily, what was considered a significant victory by the Obama administration in curtailing the spread of dangerous nuclear material. The move comes in response to the latest wave of economic sanctions imposed by Washington this month as punishment for a ruthl
Russia Uses Its Airwaves, and Then Its Power Lines, to Strike at Belarus President (Published 2011)
Russia Uses Its Airwaves, and Then Its Power Lines, to Strike at Belarus President MOSCOW — Russia’s irritation with its neighbor Belarus became more apparent on Wednesday when a state-controlled television station here broadcast a documentary damning the Belarussian president for mismanaging the economy, after which a Russian utility cut off about an eighth of that country’s electricity, claiming
Belarus presidential candidates charged over election protests
The prosecutions, set in motion yesterday, are likely to intensify international criticism of Lukashenko, whose security forces launched a bloody crackdown on the demonstrations in central Minsk on 19 December. The accused candidates include poet Vladimir Neklyayev, 64, and former deputy foreign minister, Andrei Sannikov, 56, who were both beaten by riot police during the protests. Sannikov's sist
Belarus presidential candidate denied visit by lawyers in jail
Fears are growing for two presidential candidates beaten by riot police and imprisoned in a brutal crackdown after disputed elections in Belarus. Lawyers have been denied access to Vladimir Neklyayev, a 64-year-old poet, who was knocked unconscious during demonstrations on Sunday and dragged from his hospital bed to a KGB prison a few hours later. "Neklyayev was badly beaten," said Tatyana Revyako
Brutality in Belarus | Timothy Snyder
Viktor Drachev/AFP/Getty Images Riot policemen standing guard around a government building during an opposition rally in Independence Square, Minsk, December 20, 2010 Independence Square in Minsk, Belarus’s sad capital, is one of the most terrifying public spaces in Europe. It is nothing but concrete, steel, glass and fearsome horizons—no benches, shelter, or anything for people who might wish to
Belarus election: opposition leaders beaten as Lukashenko declares victory
A Belarusian presidential candidate was dragged from his hospital bed and arrested today, just hours after police beat him and other protesters who rallied against an allegedly rigged election victory for the hardline leader, Alexander Lukashenko. Men thought to be security agents carried candidate Vladimir Neklyayev, a 64-year-old poet, out of a ward where he was being treated for blows to the he
In Darkest Belarus | Timothy Snyder
In the summertime, in the Belarusian capital of Minsk, young couples rent boats. They float, seemingly aimlessly, with the current of the Svisloch River, until they find themselves under a bridge. Then they row against the current for as long as they can, hoping to find shelter from the sun and from prying eyes. The premise of Belarusian writer Victor Martinovich’s Russian-language novel Paranoia
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