By Tom Aris in Berlin Belarus is walking a diplomatic tightrope, trying to strengthen ties with emerging powers like BRICS while quietly seeking to ease Western sanctions. Amid renewed geopolitical manoeuvring between East and West,

Belarus aims to normalise relations with the United States, but this does not change the policy of the republic – as stated by Aleksandr

President Donald Trump sent envoy Keith Kellogg to Belarus for talks with President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko on Saturday, while Russia and Ukraine continue to fight. Despite Trump’s peace efforts ...

Last month, the Belarusian government pardoned and released 14 prisoners, but at least 60 more people were arrested on politically motivated charges, said Pavel Sapelka, a rights advocate with the Viasna human rights center. In May, the center counted more than 100 politically driven arrests, Sapelka said.

Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko has pardoned 16 more prisoners, continuing his selective releases while also cracking down on dissent. Human rights advocates welcomed the pardons but

Lukashenko says there are no political prisoners in Belarus and that those behind bars are law-breakers who chose their own fate. His spokeswoman has said he freed Tsikhanouski "strictly on humanitarian grounds with the aim of family reunification".

U.S. Special Envoy for Ukraine Keith Kellogg denied that he agreed to "work on" halting Ukraine's drone attacks on Russia, contradicting Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko's claim.