Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
February 2023 - Belarus Special Weapons News
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- Belarus: EU prolongs restrictive measures for a year EC/CEU 27 Feb 2023 -- The Council decided to prolong for another year the restrictive measures linked to internal repression in Belarus and regime's support for the war against Ukraine.
- Belarus Increases Border Checks Amid Reports Activists Blew Up Russian Plane RFE/RL 27 Feb 2023 -- Border guards in Belarus have increased their checks of people leaving the country after anti-government activists claimed to have launched a drone attack on a Russian surveillance aircraft that was parked at an airfield near Minsk.
- Prosecutors In Belarus Seek Lengthy Prison Terms For Opposition Leaders Living Outside County RFE/RL 27 Feb 2023 -- Belarusian prosecutors have demanded lengthy prison terms and hefty fines for Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya and four other opposition leaders living outside the country.
- Lukashenko: Belarus is China's Only Ally in Europe Sputnik 27 Feb 2023 -- Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has described his country as China's only ally in Europe, during his trip to Beijing.
- More European leaders to visit China, to seek 'common ground' for Ukraine crisis Global Times 26 Feb 2023 -- More European leaders are planning to visit China in the coming week or months, focusing on resuming high-level talks and seeking practical cooperation amid the country's post-pandemic recovery, and more importantly, on the Ukraine crisis. Although China and European countries do not share the same position on the issue, Chinese officials and experts believe that the two sides can find common ground to enhance communication and coordination with the aim of advancing peace talks.
- Latushka Quits Belarus Coordination Council So The Opposition Won't Have 'Two Voices' RFE/RL 26 Feb 2023 -- One of Belarus's leading opposition figures in exile, Paval Latushka, has announced he is quitting the presidium of the Coordination Council to avoid encouraging any change of strategy that could include dialogue with strongman Alyaksandr Lukashenka's regime or a softening of sanctions.
- Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko to visit China; trip to 'boost cooperation, friendship' Global Times 25 Feb 2023 -- At the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko will pay a state visit to China from February 28 to March 2, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying announced on Saturday.
- Belarusian Fighters In Ukraine Set Sights On A Long March RFE/RL 19 Feb 2023 -- Shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine last February, Belarusian volunteer Dzyanis Prokharau and his comrades found themselves in a half-destroyed building near Bucha, a Kyiv region town now known for atrocities that survivors say Moscow's forces committed there, surrounded by advancing Russian troops and waiting for Ukrainian soldiers to evacuate them.
- Meeting with President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko President of Russia 17 Feb 2023 -- The President of Russia met with President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow.
- Trial Begins for Belarusian Blogger Grabbed Off Diverted Flight VOA 17 Feb 2023 -- A Belarusian blogger arrested after Minsk diverted the commercial flight he was on in 2021 went on trial in the country's capital Thursday.
- EP plenary: Repression against the people of Belarus European External Action Service (EEAS) 16 Feb 2023
- Political prisoners in Belarus: UK statement to the OSCE, February 2023 UK FCDO 16 Feb 2023 -- Deputy Ambassador Brown again calls on the Belarusian regime to immediately and unconditionally release all political prisoners and to respect OSCE commitments.
- Hungarian Foreign Minister Visits Minsk Ahead Of EU Consideration Of Further Sanctions RFE/RL 13 Feb 2023 -- Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto on February 13 became the first senior official from a European Union country to visit Belarus since the beginning of a crackdown on the opposition in 2020.
- More Belarusian 'Railway Guerrillas' Handed Prison Terms For Trying To Derail Russian Military Moves RFE/RL 10 Feb 2023 -- Three more Belarusian activists who were arrested for allegedly damaging railways in the country to disrupt the supply of Russian arms and troops to Ukraine have been sentenced in the eastern city of Mahilyou.
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