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Minsk warns against US base in Poland, nixes Russian base

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Belarus president: Belting a ‘useful’ way to punish children

By YURAS KARMANAU - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016 file photo, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin attend the talks in Minsk, Belarus. In more than two decades in power, the autocratic leader of Belarus has cast his nation as Moscow's closest ally, securing tens of billions of dollars in Russian subsidies. Now, the Kremlin finally seems to have lost patience with its unruly ally. (Yekaterina Shtukina/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Russia-Belarus rift grows as Putin loses patience

By YURAS KARMANAU and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

Belarus's President Alexander Lukashenko speaks during a briefing in Minsk, Belarus, Friday, Feb. 3, 2017. In a televised broadcast on Friday, Lukashenko asked the country's interior minister to press charges against Russia's top food safety official, alleging charges of &quot;damaging the state&quot; because Russia stopped the import of Belarusian products due to quality issues and suspicions that Belarus resells EU-made dairy products that are banned in Russia. The Kremlin responded to the outburst, listing the loans and reduced taxes Russia gave to Belarus. (Maxim Guchek/BelTA Pool Photo via AP)

Belarusian leader lashes out at Russia

By YURAS KARMANAU - Associated Press

Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko gestures while speaking at the European Olympic Committees General Assembly in Minsk, Belarus, Friday, Oct. 21, 2016. Lukashenko says his country is ready to host the 2019 European Games. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Belarusian capital Minsk awarded 2019 European Games

By JAMES ELLINGWORTH - Associated Press

Alexander Lukashenko, the 61-year-old president of Belarus who has been in power since 1994, won a fifth term. (Associated Press)

Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus wins EU concessions despite ‘dismal’ human rights record

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko with his youngest son Nikolai casts his ballot at a polling station, during the presidential election, in Minsk, Belarus, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2015. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Alexander Lukashenko wins Belarus presidential race

By Yuras Karmanau - Associated Press

President Alexander Lukashenko, of Belarus, addresses the 2015 Sustainable Development Summit, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015, at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) ** FILE **

Alexander Lukashenko, Belarus president, set for re-election

By Yuras Karmanau - Associated Press

Barbwire Fist Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

RHODES: Combating Eurasia’s challenge to basic human rights

By Aaron Rhodes

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko speaks at a meeting of the leaders of the member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, May 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Sergei Karpukhin, Pool)

Belarus eyes its own intervention in Ukraine turmoil

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Belarus worried about 2014 hockey worlds boycott

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Ales Byalyatsky

Embassy Row: Defender of freedom

By James Morrison - The Washington Times

Disputed election in Belarus furthers isolation

By Yuras Karmanau - Associated Press

Briefly: Opposition boycotts parliamentary elections

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

A Belarusian woman prepares to cast her ballot at a polling station during parliamentary elections in Minsk on Sunday. Belarus held parliamentary elections Sunday without the main opposition parties, which boycotted the vote to protest the detention of political prisoners and opportunities for election fraud. (Associated Press)

Belarus receives help from Poles

By Vanessa Gera - Associated Press

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko speaks to the media at a polling station after voting in parliamentary elections in Minsk, Belarus, on Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012. The main opposition parties boycotted the vote to protest the detention of political prisoners and opportunities for election fraud. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Belarus opposition parties boycott parliament elections

By Yuras Karmanau - Associated Press

Belsat TV journalist Volha Starastsina is working on a uncensored news program for Belarus at the TV station's studio in Warsaw, Poland, on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012, as the station is focusing on the upcoming parliamentary elections in Belarus, expected to be a rubber stamp procedure. Last month Starastsina had to flush her TV memory card down a police toilet in Vitebsk, Belarus, to get rid of evidence of her work, when police detained her briefly as she was interviewing people in the street about the elections that will be held on Sunday. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Poles help Belarus, recalling own repressive past

By Vanessa Gera - Associated Press

**FILE** Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko speaks July 3, 2012, during a parade marking Independence Day in Minsk, Belarus. (Associated Press/BelTA)

Teddy bears drop in, bring down 2 Belarus generals

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Belarus’ Lukashenko attends Euro 2012 final

By MARIA DANILOVA - Associated Press

Belarus’ Lukashenko may attend Euro 2012 final

By MARIA DANILOVA - Associated Press