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            <title><![CDATA[Lukashenko says Ukraine war will end within months, warns of world war risk]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Belarusian leader Aleksandr Lukashenko claims the war in Ukraine will be over within a few months.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2026 13:14:28 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Lukashenko says he and Putin joke about who is the bigger aggressor over Ukraine]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko insists on close ties with Russia and Vladimir Putin over Ukraine. “In the end, we are co-aggressors,” Lukashenko says in a speech.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 21:10:18 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Belarus pardons 13 more political prisoners in bid for US sanctions relief]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Belarus continues to release political prisoners in an attempt to get the US to ease sanctions against the country.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 16:59:07 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump says U.S. is working on major potash deal with Belarus]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The United States wants to import potash, an important input in fertilizer, from Belarus instead of Canada, writes Donald Trump.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 18:06:44 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Belarus to release 25 political prisoners in deal with US envoy, report says]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Belarus will release 25 political prisoners, US envoy John Coale announced during his recent visit to the country's capital, Minsk. In exchange, the US will lift sanctions against two of the country's companies, according to the envoy.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 10:12:32 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Russia and Belarus conduct joint nuclear weapons exercise]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Russia and Belarus are conducting joint nuclear weapons exercises on Monday.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 11:21:39 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Russia and Belarus conduct joint nuclear weapons exercise]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Russia and Belarus are conducting joint nuclear weapons exercises on Monday. Belarus said the exercise "does not pose a security threat to the region."]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 09:56:51 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Zelensky warns of Russian offensive from Belarus into Kyiv and Chernihiv regions]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Ukrainian military believes that Russia is trying to drag Belarus deeper into the war, according to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 14:26:56 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Tikhanovskaya says Lukashenko is trying to deceive Europe]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Belarus has released hundreds of political prisoners in the past year. But that does not mean authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko has decided to revise his policies, warns opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya. Lukashenko's goal is to deceive Europe and the Americans as well.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 04:16:16 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Kicked out of the country, Ales Byalyatski continues to fight Lukashenko]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Human rights activist Ales Byalyatski was arrested after the large protests against Aleksandr Lukashenko in connection with the 2020 Belarusian presidential election. The Peace Prize laureate is a free man - released from prison and expelled from the country after a deal with the Trump administration. Byalyatski tells TT during a visit to Sweden that active resistance in Belarus is impossible.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 05:36:57 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Lukashenko brings assault rifle as gift to Kim Jong-Un]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko brought an unusual gift during his recent visit to North Korea: an assault rifle.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 13:27:57 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[North Korea and Belarus sign agreement on friendship and cooperation]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:02:16 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Kim Jong Un opens his arms wide to Belarus' Aleksandr Lukashenko]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un showed off warm ties with Belarus when he welcomed Belarusian leader Aleksandr Lukashenko on Wednesday.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 22:23:15 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Belarus: No US visas issued for Trump's peace council delegation]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Belarus's delegation to Donald Trump's "peace council" was not granted a visa to the United States, the country's foreign ministry said in an angry statement.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 20:25:36 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Belarus pardons 22 political prisoners]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko pardoned 22 political prisoners. 20 of them were convicted of “extremist crimes,” a term used in Belarus for political cases.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 09:38:09 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Peace laureate and opposition leader released]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Nobel laureate Ales Byalyatski and opposition leader Maria Kolesnikova are among more than 100 political prisoners released from prison in Belarus. This comes after the US lifted sanctions against Belarus. The fight continues, Byalyatski says in an interview.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 13 Dec 2025 13:35:53 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[EU warns Belarus over balloon intrusion]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[EU chief Ursula von der Leyen threatens to impose sanctions on Belarus after "hybrid attacks" on Lithuania with balloon intrusions.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2025 19:41:42 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Belarus Frees 52 Political Prisoners Amid US Sanctions Easing]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Belarus has released 52 political prisoners, among them journalists and several foreign citizens. At the same time, the USA announces that they are easing the sanctions against the totalitarian regime in Minsk.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2025 02:51:02 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Belarus and Iran Sign Agreements to Strengthen Bilateral Ties]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Belarus and Iran have on Wednesday signed new agreements to strengthen the ties between the countries.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Lukashenko Indicates He Won't Run in Next Belarus Election]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[According to President Vladimir Putin, Russia has started serial production of the newly developed ballistic missile Oresjnik.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[He is barely recognizable after five years in Belarusian prison. And Sergej Tichanovskij barely dares to believe that he is free. I was afraid that I would wake up and everything was as usual, says the Belarusian opposition leader to the news agency AP.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Tichanovskaja: EU Peace Hinges on a Free Belarus]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Belarus Opposition Figure Tichanovskij Released, Hopes to Return Home]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Belarus' leading opposition politician Sergej Tichanovskij, who was released from prison on Saturday, says he hopes to be able to return to his homeland.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Belarus Must Balance Relations with Russia and the West, Expert Says]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[What has made Belarus dictator Aleksandr Lukasjenko release, among others, opposition politician Sergej Tichanovskij from prison is difficult to say. But it may have to do with his historically poor relationship with the West, according to Belarus expert Sofie Bedford. He may have gotten cold feet and thought "oh dear", maybe it's time to do something about it, she says.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2025 18:13:14 GMT</pubDate>
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