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The father of dissident Roman Protasevich says Belarus 'broke him' after video showed him praising the country's authoritarian leader on state TV
Belarusian state TV aired an interview in which Protasevich praised President Lukashenko and said h…
Alexandra Ma,Sinéad Baker
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The bomb threat that Belarus cited to divert the Ryanair plane was sent 24 minutes after the pilots were first told it existed, report says
On Sunday, Belarus intercepted a Ryanair flight from Greece to Lithuania and arrested a dissident o…
Bill Bostock
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Meet Roman Protasevich, the 26-year-old journalist with 2 million followers who was arrested by Belarusian authorities after his plane was forced to land
Belarusian dissident Roman Protasevich's activism against his country's tyranny dates back to 2011,…
Lauren Frias
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Putin likely gave Belarus the go-ahead to divert the Ryanair plane, officials and experts say
Belarus's authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko is heavily reliant on Putin's support from an e…
John Haltiwanger
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Russia is the only country to support Belarus after it intercepted a plane and detained a dissident. Experts have questioned whether Putin was involved.
Roman Protasevich was arrested on Sunday after a plane carrying him to Lithuania was forced to land…
Bill Bostock
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The father of captured dissident Roman Protasevich said he looked forced and beaten up in his video confession from Belarus
Belarusian authorities on Sunday diverted a Ryanair plane and arrested Roman Protasevich, an outspo…
Bill Bostock
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Belarus had KGB agents on the passenger plane that was diverted to arrest a dissident journalist, Ryanair CEO says
Roman Protasevich, 26, was arrested after his Ryanair flight was forced to land in Belarus, where h…
Bill Bostock
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A vengeful Russia is sending streams of migrants to Finland's borders to punish it for working with the US, officials say
Finnish authorities said they were closing four of the eight crossings on its border with Russia af…
Tom Porter
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The 'shocking' arrest of a Belarusian dissident aboard a Ryanair flight marks a pattern of authoritarianism from 'Europe's last dictator'
In the days since the hijacking, President Lukashenko has doubled down - releasing a suspect video …
Erin Snodgrass
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Videos show a massive fuel tank explosion after a suspected drone strike in Putin's prized resort town
People living nearby said they heard sounds resembling a "moped" before a loud explosion, according…
Matthew Loh
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Europe's last dictator got COVID-19 after telling people they could avoid it by drinking vodka and going to the sauna
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko previously dismissed fears over COVID-19 as a "psychosis"…
John Haltiwanger
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Wagner Group may be absorbed by the Russian Defense Ministry, which Prigozhin rallied against before his death. The mercenary group's current arrangement could 'disappear rather soon,' former GRU captain says.
The Kremlin is looking at absorbing Wagner into its defense bureaucracy or finding a new, loyal fig…
Azmi Haroun
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With Prigozhin dead, Putin has traded low-budget global reach for safety at home
While Putin's spokesperson denied that he'd killed Prigozhin, a former Kremlin official told Inside…
Mattathias Schwartz
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Belarus will prevent most of its citizens from leaving as crackdowns on President Lukashenko's political opponents continue
In a statement on Telegram seen by the BBC, the State Border Committee said only certain citizens w…
Kelly McLaughlin
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A deadly plane crash appears to have killed Wagner's top boss, but even without Prigozhin, the group likely isn't a 'chicken with its head cut off,' expert says
"He was good at holding a gun and screaming curse words into the TV camera but not so much at actua…
Chris Panella,Erin Snodgrass
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How Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin spent the mysterious 2 months between his failed coup and his plane crash — from strange meetings with Putin to sitting in a tent in his underwear
Yevgeny Prigozhin was "exiled" to Belarus after staging a mutiny in Russia, but his whereabouts in …
Kelsey Vlamis,Sebastian Cahil…
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The CIA's director predicted last month that Putin would seek revenge on Yevgeny Prigozhin after his failed coup
Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin was listed as a passenger on a private jet that crashed in Russia, st…
Rebecca Cohen,Jake Epstein
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Did Putin kill Prigozhin? It's one of 3 possible explanations Russia watchers came up with for the deadly plane crash
Here are three possible explanations of what happened to Yevgeny Prigozhin based on what we know so…
Erin Snodgrass,Kelsey Vlamis
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Wagner, infamous for brutality in Ukraine and a failed mutiny in Russia, is registered as an 'educational organization' in its new home
The mercenaries have been training Belarus' military for several weeks after relocating to the coun…
Jake Epstein
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Prigozhin, Russia's Wagner Group leader, will be killed by Putin or lead another coup within 6 months, journalist says
A think tank said that Wagner troops were planning to return to Russia, suggesting their deal with …