Alexander Lukashenko
It's been confirmed: Prigozhin is in Russia; But there is one thing...
"This is a Russian company. So, the question is obviously not for me. As far as I am informed, the fighters are in their camps. As for Prigozhin, he is in St. Petersburg. He is not on the territory of Belarus," Lukashenko said.
CIA Director's Secret Visit; He knew everything, but...
The Washington Post reports, citing a US official who spoke on condition of anonymity, that US intelligence agencies discovered in mid-June that Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was planning some sort of armed attack, but that information was not discussed in meetings with Ukrainian officials, President Volodymyr Zelensky and others.
Zelensky orders tighter security at Ukraine-Belarus border
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday ordered security to be beefed up at his country's border with Belarus, where fighters from the Russian paramilitary group Wagner have been offered exile.
Day 489 of the Invasion of Ukraine: Russia dropped the Case over the "Wagner" Rebellion
Day 487 of the Invasion of Ukraine: The “Coup” got Canceled, Prigozhin goes to Belarus after he Humiliated Putin
Belarus deal to take in Prigozhin puts him in an even more repressive nation
Russian mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin was notorious for unbridled and profane challenges to authority even before the attempted rebellion that he mounted Saturday. The reported agreement for him to go into exile in Belarus would place him in a country where such behavior is even less acceptable than in his homeland.
Putin says sent nuclear warheads to Belarus
President Vladimir Putin on Friday confirmed Russia had sent nuclear arms to its ally Belarus which borders Ukraine.
"The first nuclear warheads were delivered to the territory of Belarus... This is the first part," Putin told an annual economic forum, where AFP and media of other countries Russia deems "unfriendly" were not accredited.
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Putin: After July 7 or 8, it starts...
This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko.
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Belarus has no immediate plans to adopt Russian ruble
Belarus and Russia have no plans to adopt a joint currency in the near future, Belarus' strongman leader has announced.
Speaking at a meeting with the head of Russia's central bank, Alexander Lukashenko said that introducing the Russian ruble in Belarus would not be "an easy process," and that the authorities in Minsk had no intentions so far of doing so.