Panasyuk, recently freed after four years in prison, described torture and forced psychiatric treatment in custody ...

Rights groups, activists and independent media in Russia and Belarus endured increased government scrutiny, repressive laws and even were shut down and forced to operate from exile abroad.

Accused Russian money launderer Alexander Vinnik is being released from US custody in exchange for Marc Fogel, a Trump ...

The money-transfer company's move came after the U.S. State Department last week renewed sanctions against the island nation.

Belarus has released three people, including an American and a journalist, who had been detained for more than three years, U ...

Belarusian authorities on Wednesday released an imprisoned U.S. citizen, a Belarusian journalist for a U.S.-funded media ...

Moscow and Belarusian officials have welcomed the impending dismantling of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) as rights groups, health researchers and independent media voiced ...

Lithuanian electricity transmission system operator Litgrid says that the Baltic states' power system is operating smoothly after being disconnected from Russia and Belarus. Source: the company's ...

Ukraine war latest: Ukraine 'may or may not be Russian someday', Trump says as his aides prepare for Kyiv visit Donald Trump has speculated on the prospect of a Ukraine-Russia peace deal - as talk ...