State Duma deputy, retired Major General Leonid Ivlev called NATO’s «Theory of Victory» plan on the eastern flank preparation for aggression against Russia and an attempt to push the alliance’s partners to increase defense spending. He also claims that NATO’s new strategy draws on the experience of the war in Ukraine and combines conventional weapons with drones and artificial intelligence.

#Belarus #ArtificialIntelligence #LeonidIvlev #NATO #Poland #Russia

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Latvian authorities said that armed masked men entered Latvian territory from the Belarusian side, damaged an electrical panel, and stole surveillance cameras. According to them, the same group had previously tried to bring at least 20 illegal migrants across the border.

#Belarus #Thepossibilityofamajorwar #europe #Latvia #NATO #Incidents

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At the Latvian-Belarusian border, armed masked men attempted to bring a group of at least 20 illegal migrants into Latvia. Latvia’s National Armed Forces said the military thwarted the crossing and that the people accompanying the migrants threatened the soldiers.

#Belarus #EuropeanUnion #Latvia #NATO #NationalArmedForcesofLatvia #JanisDombrava

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The Taliban movement, which rules Afghanistan, is buying weapons and drones from Belarus with Russia’s consent, while India is acting as an intermediary in the deals, Afghanistan International reports, citing five former senior Afghan officials. According to them, contacts between Minsk and the Taliban intensified after the visit to Moscow by the movement’s defense minister Mohammad Yaqoob in late May and early June, when an agreement on military-technical cooperation was signed.

#Afghanistan #Belarus #India #Pakistan #Russia #Taliban

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Donald Trump on October 4 nominated John Cole for the position of his U.S. special envoy for hostage affairs. The candidacy still needs to be approved by the Senate.

#AlexandrLukashenko #Belarus #DzhonKoul #DmitryMuratov #DmitryPeskov #DonaldTrump

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On the morning of October 3, a yellow air alert was declared in Lithuania’s Vilnius County because of an unidentified flying object that was presumably a drone. Later, the alert was canceled, and the authorities reported that the object had come from Belarus and had not yet been identified.

#Belarus #drones #Vilnius #Lithuania #NATO #Poland

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The White House proposed appointing U.S. envoy to Belarus John Cole as special representative for hostage affairs with the rank of ambassador. Cole’s name is included in the list of nominations for government positions that Donald Trump’s administration sent to the Senate.

#AlexandrLukashenko #Belarus #WhiteHouse #DzhonKoul #senate #USA

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EU countries are discussing sanctions, visa restrictions, and cuts in funding to limit the return of Russian and Belarusian athletes to international competitions under their countries’ flags. These measures were proposed by the EU diplomatic service and the European Commission in an informal document, but it has not yet become the basis for an official proposal.

#Belarus #EuropeanCommission #EuropeanUnion #InternationalOlympicCommittee #Russia #Ukraine

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Alexander Lukashenko signed a decree pardoning 15 convicts, BelTA reported. According to the agency, 13 of them were convicted of extremist crimes, and 10 of those pardoned were women.

#Belarus #ViktorBabariko #Spring #Lukashenko #MariaKolesnikova #USA

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Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys said on September 23 that no EU country, including Lithuania, can take part in the agreement with the US being discussed on the supply of Belarusian fertilizers. He said that the EU sanctions in force prohibit not only the import of such products, but also the creation of conditions for their transit through the territory of the union’s countries.

#Belaruskali #Belarus #EuropeanUnion #Lithuania #PortofKlaipeda #USA

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Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak instructed the relevant agencies and oil companies to prepare possible scenarios for a further deterioration of the situation in the Russian fuel market. They should include measures to increase the production of petroleum products and adjust the volume of their imports.

#Belarus #business #VladimirPutin #WarinUkraine #state #minenergo #oil #Russia #fuelcrisis #Ukraine

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Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social that the US is working on a «major deal» to buy potash fertilizers from Belarus and that the price will be significantly lower than Canada’s. A few hours earlier, Alexander Lukashenko said that Belarus still would not be able to supply potash to Western markets because all volumes have already been contracted.

#AlexanderLukashenko #Belarus #DonaldTrump #Potashfertilizers #Canada #EUsanctions

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U.S. President Donald Trump said that U.S. authorities are working on a large-scale deal to purchase potash fertilizers from Belarus. According to him, such supplies would cost Washington less than buying fertilizers in Canada and should be beneficial for American farmers and livestock producers.

#AlexanderLukashenko #Belavia #Belarus #DonaldTrump #potashfertilizers #USsanctions

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Belarus has moved troops and military equipment to the borders of Poland and Lithuania for four-day command-staff exercises, some of which are taking place in the immediate vicinity of the Suwałki Gap. The maneuvers, among other things, involve mechanized and tank battalions.

#Belarus #ViennaDocument2011 #NATO #PavelMuraveiko #SuwalkiCorridor #cia

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Alexander Lukashenko freed 25 political prisoners after talks with US President’s special envoy John Cole in Minsk. Cole said that the US will continue working on relations with Minsk and will seek the release of new political prisoners.

#Citibank #Belapan #Belarus #Lukashenko #USA

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Donald Trump’s special envoy for Belarus, John Cole, said in Minsk that the US authorities believe it is necessary to unfreeze and return $43–44 million stuck in Citibank to Belarus. According to him, the American side has already contacted the bank and is working out a mechanism for the return.

#Belarus #cole #Lukashenko #Minsk #Citibank #USA

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Ivan Lyubshin said that after being detained at the border with Belarus, pages nine through twelve were missing from his passport. He discovered this later, when he went to a bank; a passport without any pages is considered invalid.

#Armenia #Belarus #caseofjustificationofterrorism #IvanLyubshin #FSB #CenterE

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US special envoy for Belarus John Cole said during talks with Alexander Lukashenko that Washington had asked Citibank to unfreeze the funds and is now working out a mechanism for their return. The amount is about $43–44 million, which Lukashenko mentioned on September 11.

#Citibank #AlexanderLukashenko #Belarus #DonaldTrump #USA

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Early on the morning of September 13, an unknown object crossed Lithuanian airspace, flew over the country for about 60–70 km, and headed to Russia’s Kaliningrad Region. Later that same day, a yellow air danger level was declared in Vilnius and several districts around the capital because of another possible drone.

#Belarus #uav #KaliningradOblast #Lithuania #NATO #Incidents

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German investigators suspect a Russian linked to the GRU and a Belarusian citizen of preparing an attack with explosive-laden drones on Leipzig Airport. One of the suspects, according to the investigation, was able to enter Germany and leave it without surveillance.

#Belarus #WarinUkraine #Germany #Gru #Sabotage #europe #Leipzig #Russia

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