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23.10.2008, 15:42
On Thursday Russia’s Patriarch Aleksy II began his three-day visit to Belarus. Amid talks of Belarus turning its back on Russia, it is itself a remarkable thing, but what we saw was an exceptionally warm welcome for the head of the Russian Orthodox Church
25.10.2008, 11:38
Belarusian President Lukashenko is in Moscow seeking Russian expertise on how to get through the financial crisis. Russia has agreed to lend its neighbour $US 2 billion to cope with money problems, including covering expenses on Russian gas.
28.10.2008, 07:56
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Belarus was of little interest to the western media until 2005, when both the U.S. and the EU dubbed it the “last dictatorship in Europe”. And even then our knowledge about Belarus was in large part acquired through repo
Published: 06 October, 2008, 18:55
Russia and Belarus may strike a deal on creating a joint anti-missile shield very soon. A source in the Russian government has said the timeframe of the deal mainly depends on the Belarusian side.
