Russia’s Foreign Ministry has urged foreign nationals and diplomatic staff to leave Kyiv immediately, warning of upcoming strikes targeting Ukraine’s military-industrial facilities and decision-making...
A Belarusian court has sentenced Sergei Tikhanovsky, an opposition presidential candidate who was jailed ahead of last year’s disputed election, to 18 years in a maximum-security prison.
Tikhanovsky, 43, is a popular YouTube blogger who criticized strongman leader Alexander Lukashenko and helped galvanize last year's protests against his rule. Authorities accused him of using his blog to promote the violent overthrow of the Belarusian government.
Following a months-long trial behind closed doors at a detention centre in the southeastern city of Gomel, the court found Tikhanovsky, 43, guilty of organising riots and inciting social hatred, among other charges, state newspaper Sovetskaya Belarus reported.
The court also handed down lengthy sentences to several of Tikhanovsky's associates. Dmitry Popov, a Russian...
Peace negotiations between Ukraine and Russia are currently impossible, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says.
According to the UN chief, the negotiations can't occur now because "both parties are convinced they can win,"
Speaking to Spanish newspaper El Pais, Guttered said;
"This was a Russian invasion against international law, against the UN Charter, but I do not see Russia at the moment willing to withdraw from the territories it occupies, and I think Ukraine is hoping to retake them," Guterres said in the interview published on May 9.
"What we are doing, to the extent possible, is having a dialogue with both parties to solve specific problems." The UN chief added that his organization focused on securing exports of...
