The Zapad 2017 military exercises, carried out by Russia and Belarus, have recently concluded. Russian media reported that not everything went smoothly -- and that there were a number of accidents. (RFE/RL's Russian Service)
Prominent Belarusian opposition leader and former presidential candidate Mikalay Statkevich has been detained in Minsk, his wife says.
Polish and other NATO troops have started a major defensive exercise in Poland's north amid concerns raised by military maneuvers recently held by neighboring Russia and Belarus.
Belarus is shrugging off a series of construction accidents and safety complaints from neighboring countries and European organizations to build its first nuclear power plant near Vilnius, the Lithuanian capital.
Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka observed joint military exercises with Russia on their final day and said that all Russian troops in his country for the Zapad 2017 drills would go home after their conclusion.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on September 18 attended a joint military exercise with Belarus near NATO's eastern flank that has fanned already deep tensions between Moscow and the West. (Reuters)
A Russian website has posted a video that it said showed an errant rocket from a helicopter hitting close to at least two people watching the joint Russian-Belarusian exercise Zapad 2017
Russian President Vladimir Putin on September 18 attended a joint military exercise with Belarus near NATO’s eastern flank that has fanned already deep tensions between Moscow and the West.
Joint Russian-Belarusian military exercise proceeded over the weekend of September 16-17 at the Barents Sea in Russia's north and in Brest region in western Belarus involving navy, air, and land forces and thousands of military personnel. (Reuters)
A senior NATO general says the military alliance is concerned about the large-scale Zapad (West) 2017 military drills being conducted by Russia and Belarus because of Moscow's lack of transparency.
President Vladimir Putin plans to visit Russia’s Leningrad region on September 18 to watch Zapad 2017, Russia’s joint military exercises with Belarus.
A Russian-Israeli blogger who was jailed in Baku for traveling to Azerbaijan's breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region has left Baku on a flight to Israeli, three days after receiving a pardon from President Ilham Aliyev.
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