- Aug 29
Putin and Lukashenko meet near Moscow to expand trade and Union State integration
Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted Belarusian leader Aleksandr Lukashenko at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence near Moscow on Saturday, reviewing bilateral trade that reached nearly $52 billion last year and grew 12.5% in early 2026.
- Aug 2
Latvia closes sole Belarus border crossing as hybrid migration war escalates
The Paternieki-Grigorowszczina checkpoint, the only open crossing between Latvia and Belarus, was closed on 31 July due to IT system failures, amid a surge in illegal migration that Riga calls a hybrid war.
- Jul 30
Ceuta schools reopen under military guard following July migration influx
Primary and secondary schools in Ceuta resumed classes on 8 September under military and police surveillance, with student attendance reaching roughly 70% as Spain declassifies intelligence files on the July border surge.
- Jul 2
Poland’s ABW arrests a Belarusian and a Pole suspected of filming diaspora events for the Lukashenko regime
The Internal Security Agency nabbed a 19-year-old Belarusian and a 44-year-old Polish citizen in Warsaw on June 25, accusing them of paid surveillance of Belarusian minority gatherings for the Minsk regime.
- Jun 28
Putin admits fuel crisis as Russia considers allowing lower-quality fuel after Ukraine refinery strikes
Russia is considering temporarily allowing production and imports of lower-grade Euro-2 fuel as President Putin admits that Ukrainian drone strikes on refineries have led to shortages and rationing across much of the country.
- Jun 16
Exiled Russian caricaturist shot dead in eastern Poland; Tusk calls it a political murder
Semyon Skrepetsky, a 44-year-old Russian exile known for caricatures mocking Vladimir Putin, was shot five times at close range in Biała Podlaska on Monday. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said all indications point to a political assassination.
