Five candidates' names will appear on the ballot for a presidential election in Belarus on Sunday, but for the past 31 years there has only been one winner.

Pupils of Grade 5D, from a Pushkino school near Moscow, wrote a letter to Aleksandr Lukashenko on the eve of the New Year, wishing him

Analysts argue that Belarus is no longer just a Russian ally. Instead, the Kremlin is transforming it into a strategic partner to help extend Moscow’s influence globally. The Kremlin plans to leverage its gains in Belarus to offset the costs of its prolonged war against Ukraine,

The analysts at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) point out that Russia's attempts to de facto annex Belarus pose strategic risks to the United States, NATO and Ukraine. Source: ISW Quote from ISW: "Moscow’s effort to de facto annex Belarus through the Union State framework,

Russian troops used Belarus as a staging ground during their February 2022 assault on Kyiv. Meanwhile, Lukashenko has boasted that Belarus is playing host to dozens of Russian nuclear weapons, and revealed in December that he was anticipating the arrival of new hypersonic missiles .

The aggressor country of russia intends to annex Belarus within the next ten years in order to further use the economic resources and geographical position to

Belarusian Ambassador to Russia Aleksandr Rogozhnik and Governor of Russia's Irkutsk Oblast Igor Kobzev held a meeting to discuss a number of new promising bilateral projects in Moscow on .

Belarus and Russia are discussing the possibility of signing an interstate program in the field of aircraft building until 2035.

Ales Bialiatski, a human rights advocate who won the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize, is serving a 10-year prison sentence in Belarus and is one of hundreds of its political prisoners.

Over the past three years, over 288 thousand Ukrainian citizens have arrived in Belarus. This was reported today, January 10, in The State Border Committee of the Republic.

"Replacement government bonds of the Republic of Belarus of issue No. 331 (ISIN BYM000001818) are currently available for trading on the Belarusian Currency and Stock Exchange (BCSE) and Moscow Exchange (MOEX) platforms," the Finance Ministry said.

Russia is obliged to ensure the security of its ally Belarus within the framework of the Russian-Belarusian Union and will not leave Belarus in the lurch if it is subjected to aggression, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday.