President of Belarus since 1994
‘Black Rus’ Sabotage Group Likely Responsible for Latvian Incursion: The Oct. 6 incursions of the Latvia-Belarus border were claimed by a group called “Black ...
kyivpost.com/post/87046
Trump says U.S. is working on ‘major deal’ to replace Canadian potash with Belarusian supplies, but President Alexander Lukashenko says Minsk has none to spare
meduza.io/en/news/2026/09/21/trump-says-u-s-is-working-on-major-deal-to-replace-canadian-potash-with-belarusian-supplies-but-president-alexander-lukashenko-says-minsk-has-none-to-spare
Key FactsTrump considers Belarus as potash supplier despite doubts
Sep 23, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: cnn.com
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: cnn.com
- Trump said he was working on a major Belarus deal at prices far below Canada’s.
- Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said his country could not supply the United States with large volumes this year.
- Belarusian deliveries would cost about $200 per metric ton before margins, versus $130 from America’s northern neighbors, one analyst estimates.
- Producer prices for nitrogen-based fertilizer rose 22% year over year in August, while diesel prices increased 78%.
I'm working on a 'massive Deal' to buy potash from Belarus at a much cheaper price than Canada.— Donald Trump, on Truth Social, describing his talks to buy potash from Belarus.
Lukashenko Denies Belarus Breached Latvian Border as Experts Claim Intelligence Operation
themoscowtimes.com/2026/10/13/lukashenko-denies-belarus-breached-latvian-border-as-experts-claim-intelligence-operation-a93964
Belarus preparing for war – to prevent it, President Lukashenko says: Belarus is not preparing to attack anyone, but is preparing for war—to prevent it ...
news.am/en/news/1067546
During a joint photo session in Turkmenistan, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stood between azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev and Belarusian President ... Show more
Lukashenko Calls Himself, Putin ‘Co-Aggressors’ in Ukraine: Asserting Belarus’s alignment with Moscow, Lukashenko joked that he and Vladimir Putin debate which ...
kyivpost.com/post/86031
Russia Seeks Polish Journalist at Lukashenko's Request: “This Is International Persecution”
polanddaily24.com/russia-seeks-polish-journalist-at-lukashenkos-request-this-is-international-persecution/global-politics/75320
Belarus' Lukashenko makes joke to Azerbaijan's Aliyev regarding Armenia's Pashinyan: He will not escape from us (VIDEO)news.am #AlexanderLukashenko #CIS ... Show more
Cheaper than Canada: Trump plans fertilizer deal with Belarus: The US president says fertilizer from the Moscow-backed regime of Alexander Lukashenko will be ...
de.euronews.com/2026/09/22/billiger-als-kanada-trump-plant-massiven-dungemittel-deal-mit-belarus
Distanz zu Putin: Wie Belarus' Machthaber Lukaschenko seine Gefangenen verkauft: In Belarus, a large number of political prisoners are repeatedly released ...
n-tv.de/politik/Wie-Belarus-Machthaber-Lukaschenko-seine-Gefangenen-verkauft-id31321406.html
Alexander Lukashenko pardons another 15 people, including 13 convicted of what Belarus calls ‘extremist’ crimes
meduza.io/en/news/2026/09/24/belarusian-president-alexander-lukashenko-pardons-another-15-people-including-13-convicted-of-what-it-calls-extremist-crimes
Belarus president Lukashenko frees 15 more prisoners in wake of US talks: Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko pardoned 15 prisoners in a decree on Thursday ...
reuters.com/world/belarus-president-lukashenko-pardons-15-prisoners-state-media-says-2026-09-24/
The US president says fertilizer from the Moscow-backed regime of Alexander Lukashenko will be significantly cheaper than Canadian fertilizer ... Show more
Belarus' Lukashenko congratulates Armenian people on Independence Day: Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has extended greetings to the people of Armenia ...
news.am/en/news/1062913
Belarus' authoritarian leader Lukashenko meets U.S. envoy to push for lifting remaining sanctions
pbs.org/newshour/world/belarus-authoritarian-leader-lukashenko-meets-u-s-envoy-to-push-for-lifting-remaining-sanctions
Belarus to free 25 political prisoners in exchange for U.S. lifting sanctions on two companies
meduza.io/en/news/2026/09/16/belarus-to-free-25-political-prisoners-in-exchange-for-u-s-lifting-sanctions-on-two-companies
[Interview] Belarus Lukashenko fears Putin’s downfall so much that he is ready to change sides quickly, analyst says
euobserver.com/234384/interview-belarus-lukashenko-fears-putins-downfall-so-much-that-he-is-ready-to-change-sides-quickly-analyst-says/
![[Interview] Belarus Lukashenko fears Putin’s downfall so much that he is ...](https://static.euobserver.com/2026/09/WJ9pmESQ59FVrVTofl6APTA5zAvBB4AM.jpg)
TVP World Sep 16
Freed activist returns to Poland after first trip to Belarus since arrest by Lukashenko’s regime
tvpworld.com/95411130/activist-poczobut-returns-to-poland-after-first-visit-to-belarus-since-his-arrest
Alexander Lukashenko called the freezing of $43-44 million in Belarusian funds at Citibank ‘a disgrace for the United States.’ Now U.S ...
meduza.io/en/news/2026/09/15/alexander-lukashenko-called-the-freezing-of-43-44-million-in-belarusian-funds-at-citibank-a-disgrace-for-the-united-states-now-u-s-officials-have-asked-the-bank-to-release-the-money
‘Up to mobilization’: Belarusian President Lukashenko says it’s time to ‘shake up’ Belarus’s army
meduza.io/en/news/2026/09/11/up-to-mobilization-belarusian-president-lukashenko-says-it-s-time-to-shake-up-belarus-s-army
Book bans as a technique of rule: When it comes to banned literature, many are currently looking to the USA. But in the heart of Europe ...
blaetter.de/ausgabe/2026/september/buchverbote-als-herrschaftstechnik
Exclusive: Nobel laureate freed by Trump urges hard line in new Belarus talks: Ales Bialiatski, the Belarusian human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize ...
thehill.com/policy/international/6084537-bialiatski-urges-more-concessions/
Yeni Safak English Sep 01
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko met and held talks at the Shanghai Cooperation ... Show more
Why the return to Belarus is risky for journalist Andrzej Poczobut: The Belarusian journalist was only released at the end of April in a prisoner exchange ...
faz.net/aktuell/politik/ausland/warum-die-rueckkehr-nach-belarus-fuer-den-journalisten-andrzej-poczobut-risikoreich-ist-accg-201209909.html
Repression in Belarus hasn't eased, activist Bialiatski says before new US talks on prisoners
reuters.com/world/europe/repression-belarus-hasnt-eased-activist-bialiatski-says-before-new-us-talks-2026-09-08/
[Interview] Belarus Lukashenko fears Putin’s downfall so much that he is ready to change sides quickly, analyst says
euobserver.com/234384/interview-belarus-lukashenko-fears-putins-downfall-so-much-that-he-is-ready-to-change-sides-quickly-analyst-says/
Latvia suspects Lukashenko plan: Another migrant tunnel discovered under border fence
fr.de/politik/lettland-sieht-lukaschenko-plan-weiterer-migrantentunnel-unter-grenzzaun-entdeckt-zr-94454900.html
US envoy says he hopes Belarus will free hundreds of prisoners next month: US envoy says he hopes Belarus will free hundreds of prisoners next month
arabnews.com/world/us-envoy-says-he-hopes-belarus-will-free-hundreds-of-prisoners-next-month-2656405
Belarus’ Lukashenko wishes "new achievements" to Azerbaijan leader's wife: Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko congratulated the wife of Azerbaijani ...
news.am/en/news/1057760
Lukashenko wishes Ukrainians "health and peace" on Independence Day: Self-proclaimed president of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko has congratulated the Ukrainian ...
pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/08/24/8050031/
How a Trump Envoy Uses Vodka and Dirty Jokes to Conduct U.S. Diplomacy: The diplomat, John Coale, says his personalized approach gets results and matches the ...
nytimes.com/2026/08/22/world/europe/belarus-john-coale-lukashenko-trump.html
TVP World Aug 23
Belarus brands leading Polish Catholic weekly ‘extremist’ after critical coverage
tvpworld.com/94992880/belarus-blacklists-polish-catholic-weekly-gosc-niedzielny
“We protect Germans, Belgians”: Latvia stops 28 migrants from Belarus: In Latvia, the number of irregular border crossings has risen sharply in recent months ...
de.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/08/21/lettland-stoppt-28-migranten-belarus
Belarusian President Lukashenko to Catholicos of All Armenians: Your activities have earned you deep respect both in Armenia and far beyond its borders
news.am/en/news/1056734
It remained calm in Ceuta, but migrants remain a tool of pressure.: It remained calm in Ceuta. But the government in Rabat knows just as well as Erdoğan, Putin ...
faz.net/aktuell/politik/ausland/in-ceuta-blieb-es-ruhig-aber-migranten-bleiben-ein-druckmittel-201130869.html
TVP World Aug 08
Belarusian opposition moves to hold Lukashenko regime accountable over Ukraine war
tvpworld.com/94758311/kyiv-to-receive-evidence-on-belarus-role-in-russias-war-latushka
Ukraine reminds Belarus that it "distinguishes between the Belarusian people and the Lukashenko regime"
pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/08/09/8047976/
TVP World Aug 06
“Lukashenko is selling Belarus’s independency and serenity to Russia in exchange of this political support of Putin,” says Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya [@Tsihanouskaya ] on ... Show more
UNITED24 Media Jul 31
Ukraine Steps Closer to Criminal Prosecution of Belarusian Leader Lukashenko: On July 30, Ukraine’s Prosecutor General received an appeal regarding charges ...
united24media.com/world/ukraine-steps-closer-to-criminal-prosecution-of-belarusian-leader-lukashenko-21247
Belarusian students thought studying in neighboring Lithuania, an EU country, would put them beyond the reach of Lukashenko's authoritarian regime ... Show more
From sabotage attacks to assisting Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine, the president of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, poses a unique security problem for Europe ... Show more
Russia-Ukraine war | Latest news and analysis
Russia-Ukraine war | Latest news and analysis
PM Pashinyan makes it clear that Belarus’ Lukashenko pushed Armenia to rapprochement with EU
news.am/en/news/1054095
Mikalai Statkevich: "Lukashenko sleeps worse at night than I do": Mikalai Statkevich spent years in a penal colony in Belarus. When he was released ...
zeit.de/2026/34/mikalaj-statkewitsch-belarus-opposition-haft-aljaksandr-lukaschenko
Paid articlePaywall Belarus forms new army brigade near Ukraine - | and Lukashenko threatens failures: "Off to the southern border"
fr.de/politik/ukraine-belarus-formiert-neue-luftlandebrigade-nahe-der-zr-94426708.html
Ukraine war briefing: Wildberries attacks shake Russian economy and banking: Kremlin and state bank VTB may be forced to prop up online retailer amid crippling ...
theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/29/ukraine-war-briefing-wildberries-attacks-shake-russian-economy-and-banking
Lukashenko says Belarus will not join Putin’s war in Ukraine: Kyiv feared that Moscow was pressuring its closest ally to support the war effort
ft.com/content/003c581a-0d93-4fa2-a6b1-76bff5a3d9c0
Paid articlePaywall
Belarus: Trip to the refineries that could become a Ukrainian war target: Since Kyiv began targeting Russian oil refineries, Lukashenko has stepped in and ...
freitag.de/autoren/martin-leidenfrost/die-ukraine-koennte-bald-auch-oelraffinerien-in-belarus-unter-beschuss-nehmen
Zelenskyy's ultimatum is set to expire: Will Ukraine attack Belarus on Saturday?: Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko is calling for peace—but for Volodymyr ...
n-tv.de/politik/Greift-die-Ukraine-am-Samstag-Belarus-an-id31003382.html
Lukashenko Resists Putin Pressure After Zelensky Threatened to Attack Drone Nav Aids
kyivpost.com/post/78950
“Zelenskyy has identified a weakness here - | Lukashenko has no air defense” Ukraine conflict: "Zelenskyy has identified a weakness here - | Lukashenko has no air defense" - | Video - | WELT
Putin ally in China: Xi receives Belarusian leader Lukashenko: Chinese President Xi sees his country's relationship with Belarus at a historic high point ...
spiegel.de/ausland/china-xi-jinping-empfaengt-belarussischen-machthaber-alexander-lukaschenko-a-27a1f0a4-997f-43b9-b744-764eaa6e9cb5
Putin is under pressure from all sides. Now he's urgently seeking allies: Russian leader is casting around to shore up support from other countries
inews.co.uk/news/world/vladimir-putin-under-pressure-sides-urgently-seeking-allies-4612601
"No one will send you into this bloodbath": Belarusian President Lukashenko rules out deploying his own soldiers in the Ukraine war.
weltwoche.de/daily/niemand-wird-euch-in-dieses-blutbad-schicken-belarussischer-praesident-lukaschenko-schliesst-einsatz-eigener-soldaten-im-ukraine-krieg-aus/
Belarus Opposition Warns Lukashenko Is Lining Up to Join Russia’s War: Belarus’s democratic opposition handed Kyiv a 30-page document on Wednesday ...
kyivpost.com/post/78732
UNITED24 Media Jun 22
Kremlin Says Putin to Meet Lukashenko to Address Ukraine’s Ultimatum on Drone Hardware
united24media.com/world/kremlin-says-putin-to-meet-lukashenko-to-address-ukraines-ultimatum-on-drone-hardware-20055
Putin and Lukashenko hold meeting in Valdai: no official statement issued afterwards
pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/06/26/8041299/
Russia pumps up pressure on Belarus to open new front in Ukraine war, eyes anti-NATO ops. - WSJ
jpost.com/international/internationalrussia-ukraine-war/article-900534
Belarusian leader claims he met with Zelenskyy's representatives: Self-proclaimed Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko has claimed that he met with ...
pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/06/25/8041080/
UNITED24 Media Jun 27
Lukashenko and Putin Hold Unannounced Meeting Following Minsk Demands to Avoid War Involvement
united24media.com/world/lukashenko-and-putin-hold-unannounced-meeting-following-minsk-demands-to-avoid-war-involvement-20217
👺 Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said that Russian ruler Vladimir Putin and self-proclaimed Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko will soon discuss ... Show more
Ukrainian threat of attack against Belarus: Lukashenko has rarely been so subdued
spiegel.de/ausland/ukraine-krieg-wie-eine-angriffsdrohung-gegen-belarus-lukaschenko-in-bedraengnis-bringt-a-746a324d-b5fb-46ad-a9c3-54b975b9c749
Paid articlePaywall Kremlin says Putin will discuss Zelenskyy's "threats" with Lukashenko: Кремль повідомив: Путін обговорить з Лукашенком вимогу України щодо ретрансляторів для ...
pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/06/22/8040543/
dpaq.de Jun 22
Zelensky tells Lukashenko to de-escalate, not just apologize ｜ DPA: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called on Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko ...
app.ekkow.com/1441540349554099043
OpinionAnalysis: Belarus’s Lukashenko Reverses Stance on Ukraine, Abandons Russian Victory Rhetoric
kyivpost.com/analysis/78300
Key FactsLukashenko’s Shift Signals New Belarus Peace Approach
Jun 16, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: kyivpost.com
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: kyivpost.com
- Alexander Lukashenko reversed his previous confrontational rhetoric, declaring Belarus seeks a peaceful and swift resolution to the conflict.
- He emphasized deep historical and familial ties between Belarus and Ukraine, deeming Belarusian involvement in fighting illogical.
- Lukashenko expressed concern over Belarus’s military vulnerability due to ongoing Ukrainian drone attacks on critical infrastructure.
- He apologized for past insults toward President Zelensky and advocated for trilateral negotiations among Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine.
President Zelensky is just scum. Just scum!— Alexander Lukashenko; in a diatribe reported by BelTA about Zelensky.
Ukraine: Lukashenko urges Putin to make peace: Vladimir Putin's close ally Alexander Lukashenko suddenly calls for peace. And he surprises with a message to ...
t-online.de/nachrichten/ukraine/id_101299138/ukraine-lukaschenko-draengt-putin-zum-frieden.html
Zelenskyy gives Belarusian ruler a week to remove Russian drone relays: Otherwise we will do it ourselves
pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/06/19/8040213/
Key FactsZelenskyy Demands Belarus Remove Russian Drone Relay Systems
Jun 19, 2026 · Reading time: ~30 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: pravda.com.ua
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: pravda.com.ua
- President Zelenskyy has given Belarusian leader Lukashenko a one-week deadline to remove Russian drone relay devices from Belarusian territory.
- These relay systems facilitate attacks on Ukrainian civilians and implicate Belarus indirectly in the ongoing conflict.
- Zelenskyy also urges Belarus to halt fuel supplies to Russian forces, which are used to sustain military operations against Ukraine.
- Ukraine’s military has pinpointed 500 potential targets within Belarus related to its involvement in the war.
'A week will be enough' — Zelensky issues ultimatum to Lukashenko over drone-guidance equipment
kyivindependent.com/a-week-will-be-enough-zelensky-issues-ultimatum-to-lukashenko-over-drone-guidance-equipment/
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko tells Al Arabiya English that military action against Iran would fail to achieve its objectives ... Show more
Belarus’ Lukashenko accuses Israel of carrying out ‘Holocaust’ in Gaza: Belarusian president tells Al-Arabiya English that Gaza was ‘wiped off the face of the ...
ynetnews.com/article/b16xj00c11zx
