Belarus

Russian hackers have been busy in recent weeks spying, phishing and other attacks targeting Ukraine and its European allies. A special department has found this against cybercrime of internet company Google. Google's Threat…
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Russian troops stay longer in Belarus for military exercises in the neighbouring country. The Ministry of Defense in Minsk announced the decision to do so due to increased military activity along their shared border and the heightened…
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A group of Belarusian hacktivists say they carried out a cyber-attack on the country's national railway in an attempt to block the passage of Russian troops. The group, calling itself the Belarusian Cyber-Partisans, said in a tweet…
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The report "Die Here or Go to Poland" reports on severe abuses for both sides of the border, HRW says. In October, the organization visited both countries and interviewed 19 people, including single men, families with children and women…
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Belarus' leader says it is "absolutely possible" that his troops helped migrants cross the border into Poland. However, president Alexander Lukashenko denies in an interview with the British broadcaster BBC that his regime deliberately…
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The migrants trapped in the Belarusian border region do not want to return home, claims President Alexander Lukashenko. Belarus is trying to repatriate migrants, he says, but that group would not be persuaded. "We are actively…
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More than 4,300 illegal migrants have entered Germany via Belarus and Poland since August. In the first seven months of this year, there were only 26. Most migrants come from Iraq, Syria, Yemen and Iran, according to the federal…
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Belarusian activist Maria Kolesnikova has been sentenced to 11 years in prison. Kolesnikova was one of the leaders of mass protests against President Alexander Lukashenko last year. As a result, opposition member Maxim Znak has…
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