Rights groups, activists and independent media in Russia and Belarus endured increased government scrutiny, repressive laws ...

Estonia, along with fellow Baltic states Latvia and Lithuania, is preparing finally to rid itself of one of the last vestiges ...

Belarus votes in orchestrated election all but certain to extend the rule of authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. FILE – Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski, head of the Viasna human rights group, sits in a ...

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The yellow name tag that Ales Bialiatski wears on his prison garb sets him apart from other inmates in Penal Colony No. 9 in eastern Belarus. It marks Bialiatski as a ...

Russia is nearing its goal of completely controlling its neighbor and closest ally Belarus, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) has said. Analysis by the Washington, D.C.-based independent ...

Extremist formations of Belarusian radicals abroad are hatching a plan to seize the border regions of Belarus and introduce a "peacekeeping" Western contingent there. This was stated by the Secretary ...

According to the French security issues website Intelligence Online, the aim of the drills was to practice tactics, techniques and operational procedures should France need to respond to an attack on ...

Zelensky gives an interview to Polish media. Illustration: Miroslav Stelmakh / Photorzepa Polish experts are indignant at Zelensky's answer to the question about the exhumation of the victims of the ...

The analysts at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) point out that Russia's attempts to de facto annex Belarus pose strategic risks to the United States, NATO and Ukraine. Source: ISW Quote from ...