Tag: Lukashenko, Aleksandr G

Once He Kept Russia at a Distance. Now He Is a Docile Putin Satrap.

Once He Kept Russia at a Distance. Now He Is a Docile Putin Satrap.

MINSK, Belarus — In a winter military coat trimmed with fur, Aleksandr G. Lukashenko stepped out of his white presidential…

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As Russian Troops Mass in Belarus, a Ukraine Border Is Largely Undefended

As Russian Troops Mass in Belarus, a Ukraine Border Is Largely Undefended

NOVI YARYLOVYCHI BORDER CROSSING, Ukraine — On the other side of this border in northern Ukraine, not visible through the…

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Iraqis Return From Belarus, but Some Say They Will Try Again to Reach the E.U.

Iraqis Return From Belarus, but Some Say They Will Try Again to Reach the E.U.

ERBIL, Iraq — Iraq repatriated a second wave of more than 600 migrants from Belarus on Friday after they gave…

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Lithuania Welcomes Belarusians as It Rebuffs Middle Easterners

Lithuania Welcomes Belarusians as It Rebuffs Middle Easterners

RUKLA, Lithuania — The emigrants hitchhiked overnight to the Dysna River, the border of their native Belarus. They thought they…

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How Fake News on Facebook Helped Fuel a Border Crisis in Europe

How Fake News on Facebook Helped Fuel a Border Crisis in Europe

BRUZGI, Belarus — After more than a week sleeping in a frigid encampment on the border between Belarus and Poland,…

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Risk for Leader of Belarus: Migrants He Lured May Want to Stay

Risk for Leader of Belarus: Migrants He Lured May Want to Stay

BRUZGI, Belarus — He has ruled with an iron fist for 27 years, surviving huge street protests, multiple rounds of…

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