Alexander Lukashenko

Putin says sent nuclear warheads to Belarus

Published by Hurriyet on Sat, 06/17/2023 - 09:12

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.

Belarus has no immediate plans to adopt Russian ruble

Published by Hurriyet on Wed, 05/31/2023 - 06:00

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.

Lukashenko: We are not bluffing

Published by B92 on Thu, 04/06/2023 - 15:02

Russia and Belarus are forced to fight and protect their interests in the context of the informational, political and economic war that the West is waging against them, he said at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin within the High State Council of the Federal State.

Opening a second front? Georgia is under great pressure: pushed into war with Russia

Published by B92 on Tue, 04/04/2023 - 16:09

According to Sergey Naryshkin, the West is doing this in order to open a second front because the war in Ukraine "is not developing in favor of Kyiv".
"We see constant attempts by Washington, Brussels and London to convince the Georgian leadership of the need to open a so-called second front," Naryshkin said during his visit to Belarus, according to CNN.

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