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Memorial and the Center for Civil Liberties have won a peace prize
The Centre for Civil Liberties in Ukraine and the Memorial for the Rights of Prisoners in Belarus were awarded this year’s Nobel Prize for human rights and civil liberties on Saturday. This comes a day after jailed Belarusian activist Vladimir Bialiatski was announced as one of the 2022 Nobel Prize recipients. Bialiatski, who was sentenced…
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Putin and Biden are meeting with NATO allies
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that his country and China could reach $200 billion in annual trade by 2020, compared to $185 billion last year. He also said that Ukraine and Belarus, which have been affected by the conflict between Ukrainian troops and Russia-backed separatists, could reach $160 billion and $50 billion respectively. The warring…
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Ukraine is at risk unless it is attacked, as tensions escalate at the border
Russian forces in Ukraine were running out of troops on Monday as the Ukrainian military made gains in the South of the country and pressed their offensive in the east. Meanwhile, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko rejected a proposal to establish a joint force between Belarus and Russia, calling it “co-aggressor”. The move comes after a…