WASHINGTON -- The conduct of Belarus' parliamentary elections next month will help determine whether the United States lifts economic sanctions against the former Soviet republic, the State Department has said.
Should Belarus's ambitious privatization plan come to fruition, the country's state-dominated economy could be in store for a breakthrough. But it seems that in the face of fiscal expediency, Minsk has no other choice than to allow wider privatization if it hopes to replenish state coffers.
Valery Shchukin, a legend in the Belarusian opposition movement, has been arrested, fined, beaten, and imprisoned perhaps more than any other activist.
Belarus has discussed improving its ties with the United States with a senior U.S. diplomat, after authorities released the last of what the West calls political prisoners, the Foreign Ministry said.
Why did Lukashenka decide to free imprisoned opposition figure Alyaksandr Kazulin now, after missing an excellent opportunity earlier this year, when he released several other political prisoners and seemed to be willing to enter into a significant dialogue with the West?
The European Commission has welcomed a move by the Belarusian leadership to pardon prominent opposition leader Alyaksandr Kazulin from the remainder of a 5 1/2-year prison sentence.
Jailed Belarusian opposition leader Alyaksandr Kazulin has been granted compassionate leave to attend the funeral of his father-in-law, according to his daughter, Volha.
The Minsk City Court has sentenced U.S. citizen Emmanuel Zeltser to three years in prison, finding him guilty of "attempted industrial espionage" and use of forged documents. The verdict comes against the backdrop of a Belarusian-U.S. diplomatic row and is apparently poised to exacerbate the mutual relations even more.
A court in Belarus has sentenced U.S. lawyer Emmanuel Zeltser to three years in jail on charges of industrial espionage and carrying forged documents.
Leaders of former Soviet states have been reacting to the escalating violence in Georgia's breakaway province of South Ossetia.
With oil and gas prices at stratospheric highs, the post-Soviet petrostates are the new supermen of the international arena. RFE/RL's Daniel Kimmage argues that the "transitional" paradigm is outdated and the West should look for new ways to promote democracy and harmonious relations.
A Belarusian opposition party has sacked its jailed leader, seen in the West as the country's most prominent political prisoner, ahead of parliamentary elections in September.
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