Author: Yuras Karmanau
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A timeline of restrictive laws that authorities have used to crack down on dissent in Putin’s Russia
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Russian authorities have adopted a slew of laws restricting fundamental human rights, including freedom of speech and assembly, as well as the rights of minorities and religious groups
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Thousands of Belarusians convicted on politically driven charges in sweeping crackdown on dissent
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Thousands of Belarusians have been convicted on politically driven charges over the last three years as part of a relentless crackdown on dissent
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The family of imprisoned Belarusian opposition figure hasn’t heard from her for a year
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The family of imprisoned Belarusian opposition figure Maria Kolesnikova says it hasn’t received a letter from her for a year
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Russia to put nukes near Belarus’ western border, envoy says
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TALLINN, Estonia • Russian tactical nuclear weapons will be deployed close to Belarus’ borders with NATO neighbors, the Russian ambassador to Belarus said Sunday amid simmering tensions between Russia and the West over Moscow’s war in Ukraine. Ambassador Boris Gryzlov’s comment followed Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent statement about plans to station tactical nuclear weapons…
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Zelensky open to talks with Russia — on Ukraine’s terms
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KYIV, Ukraine • Ukraine’s president has suggested he’s open to peace talks with Russia, softening his refusal to negotiate with Moscow as long as President Vladimir Putin is in power while sticking to Kyiv’s core demands. Volodymyr Zelensky’s appeal to the international community to “force Russia into real peace talks” reflected a change in rhetoric.…
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Russians try to subdue towns by seizing mayors
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KYIV, Ukraine • Not long after Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine, soldiers broke down the office door of Melitopol Mayor Ivan Fedorov. They put a bag over his head, bundled him into a car and drove him around the southern city for hours, threatening to kill him. Fedorov, 34, is one of over 50 local…
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Shelling resumes near Ukraine nuclear plant, despite risks
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KYIV, Ukraine • Shelling resumed near Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant with the warring sides trading blame again on Wednesday, a day after the U.N. atomic watchdog agency pressed for a safe zone there to prevent a catastrophe. Russian forces fired rockets and heavy artillery on the city of Nikopol, on the opposite bank of…
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Macron says Russia can’t win in Ukraine after strike on mall
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KREMENCHUK, Ukraine • France’s president denounced Russia’s fiery airstrike on a crowded shopping mall in Ukraine as a “new war crime” Tuesday and vowed the West’s support for Kyiv would not waver, saying Moscow “cannot and should not win” the war. The strike, which killed at least 18 people in the central city of Kremenchuk,…
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Russians control 80% of key Ukraine city, cut escape routes
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LVIV, Ukraine • Russian troops control about 80% of the contested eastern Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk and have destroyed all three bridges leading out of it but Ukrainian authorities are still trying to evacuate the wounded, a regional official said Tuesday. Serhiy Haidai, governor of the eastern Luhansk region, acknowledged that a mass evacuation of…
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3 foreigners who fought for Ukraine sentenced to death
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BAKHMUT, Ukraine • Two British citizens and a Moroccan were sentenced to death Thursday for fighting on Ukraine’s side, in a punishment handed down by the country’s pro-Moscow rebels. The proceedings against the three captured fighters were denounced by Ukraine and the West as a sham and a violation of the rules of war. Meanwhile,…