Belarus

Belarus

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  Back in the USSR? Key Soviet document is missing

  The powerful Soviet Union may still exist after all — at least on paper. Former Belarusian leader Stanislav Shushkevich says a historic 1991 document ... 

• Belarus consul drowns on Rio beach

  Belarus' consul in Rio de Janeiro has drowned while swimming at a beach in the Brazilian city. An official with Rio's health secretariat said Monday ... 

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  Warsaw rally recalls Belarus' political prisoners

  Poles and Belarusians concerned over human rights abuses in authoritarian Belarus filled a fake prison cell in downtown Warsaw, holding up images of ... 

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  Lieberman pre-election exit roils Israeli politics

  The resignation of powerful Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, Benjamin Netanyahu's top Cabinet partner, has shaken up Israeli politics a month ... 

• Belarus decrees forced employment for some jobs

  The authoritarian president of Belarus signed a decree Friday banning some industrial workers in the ex-Soviet nation from leaving their jobs, ... 

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  Belarusian ruler introduces forced employment

  Vladimir Dodonov wants to flee Belarus for neighboring Russia before it becomes illegal to leave his job at a wood-processing plant. 

• Authorities in Belarus evict human rights group

  The leading human rights group in authoritarian Belarus said Monday officials have evicted it from its office in the ex-Soviet nation's capital, ...