Russia and Belarus remain banned from ice hockey tournaments until at least May 2026
The International Ice Hockey Federation says it is not ready to allow the national teams of Russia and Belarus to participate ...
Back in the USSR: Putin revives Soviet-era 'Eurovision' with new allies
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered a revival of the Soviet answer to the Eurovision Song Contest in an effort to ...
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Mezentsev on Belarus-Russia co-operation: Union State budget fulfilled by 99.7%
The implementation of the Union State programmes in the areas of defence, security, law enforcement, defence-industrial and ...
Lukashenko set to extend 30-year rule in Belarus
Reclusive Moscow-allied Belarus will hold a presidential election Sunday, with President Alexander Lukashenko set to cruise ...
Lukashenko heads for massive win in Belarus election scorned by the West
As an East African bloc urged an immediate ceasefire in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwandan-backed M23 rebels who ...
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Belarus strongman set to win a 7th term in an election the opposition calls a farce
Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander ... 1994 — Lukashenko took office two years after the demise of the Soviet Union — earned him the nickname of “Europe’s Last Dictator ...
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Lukashenko extends three-decade Belarus rule, West denounces vote
Most people in the landlocked country have only distant memories of life before Lukashenko, who was 39 when he won the first ...
Russia and Belarus remain barred from ice hockey tournaments until at least May 2026
Russia and Belarus are to remain frozen out of International Ice Hockey Federation competitions through the 2025-26 season.
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Belarus strongman wins a 7th term in an election the opposition calls a farce
He favors criminalizing LGBTQ+ activities and rebuilding monuments to Soviet leader Josef ... The European Union rejected the election in Belarus on Sunday as illegitimate and threatened new ...
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Polls open in Belarus with Lukashenko set to extend 30-year rule
Belarusians began voting Sunday, with President Alexander Lukashenko expected to cruise to victory unchallenged for a seventh ...
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IIHF Keeps Ban on Russia for 2025-26, Olympic Games in Doubt
With the 4 Nations Face-Off coming up next week, marking the return of “best-on-best” International Hockey, the IIHF Council ...