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.

"The International Ice Hockey Federation has once again made a politicized and discriminatory decision to exclude the Russian national team from participating in the 2026 IIHF World Championship," Mar ...

Calgary Flames forward Yegor Sharangovich is many things. He’s a really good hockey player. He’s a Lego maniac. But one thing ...

The International Ice Hockey Federation has banned the Russian national team from participating in the 2026 World ...

Here’s a look at the life of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. Personal Birth date: August 30, 1954 (some sources say August 31) Birth place: Kopys, Belarus Full name: Alexander Grigorievich ...

Since the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, opened on the same day as Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 47th president in the USA, the news coverage of the WEF annual meeting 2025 ...

Up to that 9.4% of Earth's terrestrial ecosystems face potential transformation by 2050 due to changes in tropical cyclone activity. In their study, Chahan M. Kropf and colleagues from ETH Zurich show ...

Belarus' election was absolutely democratic, independent observer from Switzerland, Chairman of the public association Youth ...

The E.U. has called Sunday’s election a sham. Lukashenko, running virtually unopposed, said he was “too busy” to even campaign.

The electoral process at the presidential election in Belarus is organized remarkably well, foreign (international) observer ...

President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, a close ally of Russia’s leader, Vladimir V. Putin, has been making signs of reaching out ...