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Belarus Calls For UNSC Reforms, Backs India For Security Council
Joining the chorus for reforms in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), Belarusian Foreign Minister Sergei Aleinik, who is currently on a visit to India, said Minsk would support India's call for a permanent seat in the world body.
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Apple Opens New 15-Storey Office in Bengaluru's Minsk Square, Will House Up to 1,200 Employees
Apple is opening a new office in Bengaluru as it continues to expand its footprint in the country. It is located at Minsk Square in the middle of the city. The iPhone maker also says that the office will run on 100 percent renewable energy, and the new building in Bengaluru joins its existing ones in Gurugram, Hyderabad, and Mumbai. Apple has aroun...
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Poland Denies Military Helicopter Breached Belarus Airspace
Poland on Friday denied a military helicopter had breached Belarus's airspace, calling Minsk's claims "lies and provocations" at a time of escalating tensions between the neighbours.
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Ukraine Says Russia Holding Belarus As "Nuclear Hostage"
Kyiv on Sunday said Russia was holding Minsk as a "nuclear hostage" after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons to ally Belarus.
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"Assets Will Be Used For Our Defence": Ukraine Sanctions Russian Firms
Ukraine imposed sanctions against 182 Russian and Belarusian companies, and three individuals, in the latest of a series of steps by President Volodymyr Zelensky to block Moscow's and Minsk's connections to his country.
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Belarus Nobel Peace Prize Winner On Trial In Russia, Says Rights Group
Jailed Nobel Prize winner Ales Bialiatski went on trial in Minsk on Thursday in what supporters see as a bid to clamp down on Viasna, Belarus's top rights group which he founded.
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Nearly 9,000 Russian Troops To Be Hosted In Belarus 'To Protect Borders'
The defence ministry in Minsk on Sunday said just under 9,000 Russian troops would be stationed in Belarus as part of a "regional grouping" of forces to protect its borders.
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First Russian Soldiers Arrive In Belarus For New Joint Force
The first Russian soldiers to take part in a new joint force with Belarusian troops have arrived in Belarus, Minsk's defence ministry said on Saturday.
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"Purely Defensive": Belarus On Deploying Troops Alongside Russian Forces
Minsk said Tuesday that a contingent of Belarusian troops deploying alongside Russian forces was a "purely defensive" grouping whose aim was to defend the borders of the ex-Soviet republic closely aligned with Russia.
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Belarus Critic's Girlfriend Jailed For 6 Years: Rights Group
The Russian girlfriend of a Belarusian dissident arrested with him when their plane was forced to land in Minsk was on Friday sentenced to six years in prison, a rights group said.
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Poland Arrests 2 Belarusians Over Spying Suspicions As Tensions Soar
Poland has arrested two citizens of Belarus on charges of spying for Minsk, which could carry a 10-year prison sentence if they are found guilty, a regional prosecutor's office said on Wednesday.
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Ukraine Says Ready For Talks With Russia, But Not In Belarus
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy rejected a Russian offer of talks in Belarus on Sunday, saying Minsk itself was complicit in the Russian invasion, but leaving the door open to negotiations in other locations.
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Putin Ready To Send Delegation For Talks, Ukraine Says "Let's Stop Deaths"
The Kremlin on Friday said President Vladimir Putin was ready to send a delegation to Belarus for talks with Ukraine, as Russian forces approached Kyiv on the second day of Moscow's invasion.
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Putin Says Ukraine Peace Agreement "Does Not Exist" Anymore
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Western-brokered peace agreements seeking to end a conflict in eastern Ukraine no longer existed, after he recognised the independence of the ex-Soviet country's separatist regions.
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"Will Not Go Unanswered": US, France, Germany Slam Putin's Ukraine Move
The leaders of France, Germany and the United States on Monday condemned Russian President Vladimir Putin's decision to recognise rebel-held areas in east Ukraine as independent, calling it a "clear breach" of the Minsk peace agreements.
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Belarus Calls For UNSC Reforms, Backs India For Security Council
Joining the chorus for reforms in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), Belarusian Foreign Minister Sergei Aleinik, who is currently on a visit to India, said Minsk would support India's call for a permanent seat in the world body.
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Apple Opens New 15-Storey Office in Bengaluru's Minsk Square, Will House Up to 1,200 Employees
Apple is opening a new office in Bengaluru as it continues to expand its footprint in the country. It is located at Minsk Square in the middle of the city. The iPhone maker also says that the office will run on 100 percent renewable energy, and the new building in Bengaluru joins its existing ones in Gurugram, Hyderabad, and Mumbai. Apple has aroun...
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Poland Denies Military Helicopter Breached Belarus Airspace
Poland on Friday denied a military helicopter had breached Belarus's airspace, calling Minsk's claims "lies and provocations" at a time of escalating tensions between the neighbours.
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Ukraine Says Russia Holding Belarus As "Nuclear Hostage"
Kyiv on Sunday said Russia was holding Minsk as a "nuclear hostage" after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons to ally Belarus.
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"Assets Will Be Used For Our Defence": Ukraine Sanctions Russian Firms
Ukraine imposed sanctions against 182 Russian and Belarusian companies, and three individuals, in the latest of a series of steps by President Volodymyr Zelensky to block Moscow's and Minsk's connections to his country.
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Belarus Nobel Peace Prize Winner On Trial In Russia, Says Rights Group
Jailed Nobel Prize winner Ales Bialiatski went on trial in Minsk on Thursday in what supporters see as a bid to clamp down on Viasna, Belarus's top rights group which he founded.
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Nearly 9,000 Russian Troops To Be Hosted In Belarus 'To Protect Borders'
The defence ministry in Minsk on Sunday said just under 9,000 Russian troops would be stationed in Belarus as part of a "regional grouping" of forces to protect its borders.
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First Russian Soldiers Arrive In Belarus For New Joint Force
The first Russian soldiers to take part in a new joint force with Belarusian troops have arrived in Belarus, Minsk's defence ministry said on Saturday.
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"Purely Defensive": Belarus On Deploying Troops Alongside Russian Forces
Minsk said Tuesday that a contingent of Belarusian troops deploying alongside Russian forces was a "purely defensive" grouping whose aim was to defend the borders of the ex-Soviet republic closely aligned with Russia.
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Belarus Critic's Girlfriend Jailed For 6 Years: Rights Group
The Russian girlfriend of a Belarusian dissident arrested with him when their plane was forced to land in Minsk was on Friday sentenced to six years in prison, a rights group said.
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Poland Arrests 2 Belarusians Over Spying Suspicions As Tensions Soar
Poland has arrested two citizens of Belarus on charges of spying for Minsk, which could carry a 10-year prison sentence if they are found guilty, a regional prosecutor's office said on Wednesday.
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Ukraine Says Ready For Talks With Russia, But Not In Belarus
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy rejected a Russian offer of talks in Belarus on Sunday, saying Minsk itself was complicit in the Russian invasion, but leaving the door open to negotiations in other locations.
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Putin Ready To Send Delegation For Talks, Ukraine Says "Let's Stop Deaths"
The Kremlin on Friday said President Vladimir Putin was ready to send a delegation to Belarus for talks with Ukraine, as Russian forces approached Kyiv on the second day of Moscow's invasion.
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Putin Says Ukraine Peace Agreement "Does Not Exist" Anymore
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Western-brokered peace agreements seeking to end a conflict in eastern Ukraine no longer existed, after he recognised the independence of the ex-Soviet country's separatist regions.
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"Will Not Go Unanswered": US, France, Germany Slam Putin's Ukraine Move
The leaders of France, Germany and the United States on Monday condemned Russian President Vladimir Putin's decision to recognise rebel-held areas in east Ukraine as independent, calling it a "clear breach" of the Minsk peace agreements.
