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Putin’s Aide: Don’t Throw Flames on Russia-Belarus Oil Talks

17 August 2009

What Washington and Minsk Have to Talk About

On Friday, Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Phillip Gordon listened more than he talked. Perhaps because he was not graced with the presence of the chief Belarusian...

1 July 2009

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenka, left, welcoming a group of U.S. congressmen in Minsk on Tuesday. Photo by Nikolai Petrov / Belta.

Will Belarus follow the US ‘road map’? US Congressmen visit Minsk to find out

Detaining American citizens to hand them over...