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## Belarus


* ![Valerii Sushkevych](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1d5758f33c78d37e/698a2f9adb298720f4267921/GettyImages-1238893622.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 3, 2022  
## [Ukraine Athletes Say Beijing Games ‘Front Line’ as Russia Banned](https://time.com/6154304/ukraine-paralympics-russia-banned/)  
[SPORTS](/section/sports/)  
by Bloomberg
* ![Ukrainian border guard officers patrol the Ukrainian-Belarusian state border at a checkpoint in Novi Yarylovychi, Ukraine, on Feb. 21](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltad7154b94fea43df/698a22c4b3fce33c820c8fb2/ukraine-belarus-border.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 25, 2022  
## [Belarus' Role in Russia's Invasion on Ukraine](https://time.com/6151347/belarus-russia-ukraine/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Chad de Guzman
* ![Migrants gather to receive humanitarian aid in Grodno Region on the Belarusian-Polish border, Nov. 14.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbcc167b3906407e6/698a1fc7e76ad21cb463983d/polish-belarusian-border-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 18, 2021  
## [How a Manufactured Migrant Crisis Showed That Europe's Last Dictator Can Rattle the EU](https://time.com/6121141/belarus-europe-migrants/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Michael D. Weiss and Monika Richter
* ![In October 2020, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, the exiled opposition leader of Belarus, attends a protest in Vilnius, Lithuania, against political repression in Belarus.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd9aab46038742d7d/698a19e916d884a978c39651/svetlana-tikhanovskaya-belarus-lithuania.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 24, 2021  
## [Belarus's Opposition Leader Criticizes Lukashenko After Plane 'Hijacking'](https://time.com/6050850/belarus-lukashenko-protasevich-tikhanovskaya/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Vivienne Walt
* ![svetlana tikhanovskaya](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltadd7a9ccd09ec31f/698a176b86f68e4eba6efc08/svetlana-tikhanovskaya-belarus.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 25, 2021  
## [How a Belarusian Teacher and Stay-at-Home Mom Came to Lead a National Revolt](https://time.com/5941818/svetlana-tikhanovskaya-belarus-opposition-leader/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Vivienne Walt  
* ![Opposition rally in Minsk](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte29d6b7e379a8692/698a12bcb21a9c035e504137/GettyImages-1228258368.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 2, 2020  
## [Meet the 73-Year-Old Great-Grandmother Defying the Dictatorship in Belarus](https://time.com/5895174/nina-baginskaya-belarus/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Madeline Roache
* ![Protesters unfurl a banner in the colors of the former Belarus national flag as they call for the resignation of President Alexander Lukashenko in Minsk](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1342101c8256a59a/698a119422fb85741be2b576/belarus-protests.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 21, 2020  
## [How Defiance in Belarus Became a Movement](https://time.com/5882099/defiance-movement-belarus/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Michael D. Weiss
* ![Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with regional officials via tele link in his residence on March 30](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt88ea32b75cccc6f3/698a117d8fd2ee6c6b361a8e/lukashenko-putin-belarus.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 20, 2020  
## [Why Putin Is Unlikely to Come to Belarusian President Lukashenko's Rescue](https://time.com/5881585/lukashenko-putin-belarus/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Ian Bremmer
* ![Opposition supporters protest against disputed presidential elections results at Independence Square in Minsk](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfb3a86df983cae50/698a116edb2987f8ac265b90/Belarus-protests-Lukashenko-0.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 18, 2020  
## [What to Know About the Anti-Government Protests in Belarus](https://time.com/5880593/belarus-protests-lukashenko/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Madeline Roache
* ![Annual address by Belarus' President Lukashenko to Belarusian people and National Assembly](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltccfe8ad4920573cd/698a11104ee26252d7317c8b/GettyImages-1227906059.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 7, 2020  
## [The Leader of Europe's 'Last Dictatorship' Is Facing an Unprecedented Challenge. Here's What It Could Mean for Belarus](https://time.com/5875494/belarus-election/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Madeline Roache  
* ![Belarus Russia War Games](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt595a07697fff4897/6988ddc3196cf4ee77041ed6/ap_17256649566850.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 14, 2017  
## [Russia Begins Major Military Drills, Unsettling the West](https://time.com/4941045/russia-zapad-drills-nato/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Simon Shuster
* ![Life in the Suwalki Gap, Putin's next land grab](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde94f4feee449a39/6988baeea988ca48de6bb0e9/08-nato-poland-us-troops-suwalki-gap.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 15, 2017  
## [The Suwalki Gap: The Most Vulnerable Stretch of Land in Europe](https://time.com/4675758/suwalki-gap-europe-photos/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Zamira Rahim
* ![CUBA-CASTRO-DECEASE-TOMB](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8ec5dc4c00573a26/6988b0c30a4a225cd69cc416/gettyimages-627657892.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 5, 2016  
## [After Castro—5 Nations Where Dictators Still Rule](https://time.com/4587639/fidel-castro-death-autocracies/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Ian Bremmer
* ![BELARUS-POLITICS-PARLIAMENT-ELECTION](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt99c7ab487c9d3127/6988a5808e060123e946767c/gettyimages-602278744.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 12, 2016  
## [Belarus Elects First Opposition Lawmaker in 20 Years](https://time.com/4487048/belarus-opposition-lukashenko-russia-moscow-sanctions/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Feliz Solomon
* ![BELARUS-POLITICS-ELECTION](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcba280c245975828/698867d9a988ca48646b4c30/gettyimages-492217096.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 12, 2015  
## [Belarus' Dictatorial President Wins Fifth Term](https://time.com/4069567/belarus-election-president-alexander-lukashenko/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Mark Rivett-Carnac

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