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Jun 23 2022
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Daily Caller Reporter Describes Meeting Migrants At The Border From ‘Belarus, Russia, Even Afghanistan’
The Daily Caller’s Jorge Ventura joined Laura Ingraham to discuss the crisis at the southern border Tuesday night, noting agents are overwhelmed as the situation worsens.
“Here in the Yuma sector we have migrants coming from outside of the northern triangle countries,” Ventura explained. “We’ve met so far migrants from Belarus, Russia, even Afghanistan, India, Peru, Brazil, all coming
The Daily CallerMay 24 2021
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Belarus faces international fury after using fighter jet to land airliner, seize journalist
"Piracy," "hijacking" and "state terrorism" — the condemnation of Belarus was swift and strong after it forced the landing of a commercial airplane carrying an opposition journalist.
In a show of unified fury, the United States, Britain, the European Union, NATO and the United Nations on Monday lined up to call out the action in the skies above the eastern European country led by
NBC News (Online)Feb 09 2022
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Fears of Ukraine invasion rise as top Russian commanders fly to Belarus for massive joint military drill
Top Russian military commanders flew into neighboring Belarus on Wednesday for a massive joint military exercise amid Western alarm that it could provide cover for a multipronged invasion of Ukraine.
Russia’s chief of the armed forces’ General Staff, Gen. Valery Gerasimov, arrived in Belarus ahead of a 10-day drill beginning Thursday, as senior Russian Foreign Ministry officials accused
Washington PostNov 16 2021
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Violence erupts on Poland-Belarus border as Polish guards fire water cannon on migrants throwing rocks
Violence erupted at the Poland-Belarus border on Tuesday, as migrants desperate to cross into the European Union threw stones at Polish border guards who responded with water cannon and tear gas.
Polish and Belarusian authorities have blamed one another for the ratcheting of tensions on the border, where thousands of people have traveled in the hope of making it into the EU only to find
CNN (Online News)Jun 21 2021
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Biden administration slaps sanctions on Belarus after it forcibly diverted passenger jet to arrest opposition journalist
The Biden administration slapped a slew of sanctions against Belarus on Monday amid Western fury over the forced diversion of a Ryanair flight to arrest an opposition journalist.
Last month, a passenger plane flying from Greece to Lithuania was suddenly diverted to Minsk, the capital of Belarus. The Ryanair flight was escorted to Minsk by a Soviet-era MiG-29 fighter jet. Upon landing,
CNBCFeb 25 2024
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Belarusians vote in tightly controlled election amid opposition calls for its boycott
Polls opened Sunday in Belarus’ tightly controlled parliamentary and local elections that are set to cement the steely rule of the country’s authoritarian leader, despite calls for a boycott from the opposition, which dismissed the balloting as a “senseless farce.”
President Alexander Lukashenko, who has ruled Belarus with an iron hand for nearly 30 years, accuses the West of trying to
Associated PressJul 06 2023
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Wagner Leader in Russia, Not Belarus, Lukashenko Says
Wagner mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin and his troops are in Russia — not Belarus, as some believed — Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said Thursday.
The Details: On Thursday, Lukashenko told reporters Prigozhin and his Wagner forces were “not on the territory of Belarus.” Instead, he said, Prigozhin was in St. Petersburg or Moscow, seemingly confirming reports from U.S.
Reuters NPR (Online News) Fox News (Online News)Nov 11 2021
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Belarus Migrant Crisis Spurs Tensions in Europe
Thousands of migrants from the Middle East camped on the border of Poland and Belarus on Thursday, caught in the middle of an escalating diplomatic crisis.
Earlier this year, Belarus began offering tourist visas to migrants and reportedly escorting them to the borders of Poland, Lithuania and Latvia once they arrived; some migrants told ABC News (Lean Left) that Belarusian border
New York Times (News) Reuters Washington ExaminerJan 22 2014
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U.S. ranks behind Rwanda, Belarus, Azerbaijan in ease of creating new business, World Bank says
A new study by the World Bank and the International Finance Corp. found that the U.S. ranks well behind countries like Rwanda, Belarus and Azerbaijan in terms of how easy it is for an entrepreneur to start a new business.
Washington ExaminerMay 24 2021
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US Condemns Belarus for Grounding Commercial Flight to Detain Journalist
Officials in the U.S. and Europe have sharply criticized Belarus for grounding a Ryanair commercial flight to arrest Roman Protasevich, a 26-year-old journalist who ran a messaging app used to coordinate protests against Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. The plane was escorted to Minsk, Belarus by a fighter jet after it crossed over Belarusian airspace on its way to Vilnius, Lithuania
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