Ann M. Simmons is former Moscow bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal, where she covered the political, social and ...

Minsk Automobile Plant has experienced a lot in its long history. In its early years, the plant, which was built during World ...

(AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis) FILE - Marina Zolatava, editor-in-chief of the Belarusian independent news site Tut.by, sits in court prior to a session in Minsk, Belarus, Feb. 12, 2019. (AP Photo ...

Belarus is widely recognized and praised at the INNOPROM Central Asia exhibition, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the Republic of Uzbekistan Aleksandr ...

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Journalist Ksenia Lutskina served only half of her eight-year prison sentence in Belarus after being convicted of conspiracy to overthrow the government. She was pardoned after ...

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Journalist Ksenia Lutskina served only half of her eight-year prison sentence in Belarus after being convicted of conspiracy to overthrow the government. She was pardoned ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Her husband, political analyst Ihar Iliyash, was arrested in October 2024 on charges of “discrediting Belarus” and is jailed while awaiting trial. Now 31, Bakhvalava, has been placed in a ...

The group Reporters Without Borders says Belarus is Europe’s leading jailer of journalists. At least 40 are serving long prison sentences, according to the Belarusian Association of Journalists.