Exiled Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya warned Donald Trump against trusting her country’s authoritarian leader, whom the US president invited to joint his Board of Peace initiative.

Belarus isn’t part of Russia because it formed through a different historical path, shaped by the Kievan Rus, then pulled west into the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth for centuries.

The International Ice Hockey Federation will not allow youth teams from Russia and Belarus to compete during this upcoming season.

On January 22nd, President of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenko signed Decree No. 31, which aims to improve Belarus’ customs authorities

Norway was invited to serve on the board as well, but refused the offer. The Norwegian Foreign Ministry did not provide an immediate explanation.

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has signed Decree No. 19, establishing a legal framework for bitcoin and crypto banks.

While Russian and Belarusian national and club teams won't be reintegrated into IIHF championships in 2026-27, the IIHF will consider reintegrating U-18 players in 2027-28.

Russiaʼs Ministry of Defence (MoD) declared in a 30 December 2025 online post that it had put on combat duty a Strategic Missile Forces unit equipped with the

Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky speaking at the forum in Davos today, January 22, mentioned Belarus. The head of Ukraine believes that the Belarusians were not helped in 2020:

Belarus’ First Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Lukashevich held a meeting with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the