Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has signed a law on ratification of the intergovernmental agreement with Belarus on mutual recognition of visas. The agreement regulates migration processes on the territory of the Union State countries. According to the document, foreigners and stateless persons receive the right to enter, leave, stay, transit through the territory of Belarus
The Russian government decided to make the life of the players of the timber industry sector easier on several issues at once. In particular, it goes about transport subsidies and quotas for the transportation of goods in the direction of China, the rules of transportation through Kazakhstan and the principles of calculating rent for the
The number of the NATO grouping in Eastern and Central Europe has grown 2.5 times, and now it is more than 30 thousand people, which may increase in the near future, as was stated on Wednesday by Russian Defense Minister, Sergei Shoigu, at a meeting of the joint board with the military department of the
Belarus plans to increase exports to Russia by 1.4 times this year, including by increasing cooperation with Russian industrial enterprises, as stated by Belarusian Deputy Prime Minister Pyotr Parkhomchik. “We are increasing very well the export of our products [to Russia]. For six months there was an increase of almost 1.3 times. The task was
The Executive Board of the European Table Tennis Union (ETTU) has decided to ban representatives of Russia and Belarus from participation in European club competitions in the 2022/23 season. “The decision was made in accordance with the recommendations of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), as well as in
By June 1, it is planned to completely cancel roaming between Russia and Belarus, according to the Russian Ambassador to the Republic of Belarus Boris Gryzlov on April 1. “In accordance with the decision of the Supreme State Council, it will be completely canceled by June 1,” Gryzlov said. Thus, from April 1, the fee
Negotiations between the delegations of Russia and Ukraine are going on now in Belarus. Moscow is represented by Presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky, Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko, Deputy Defence Minister Alexander Fomin, head of the International Committee of the State Duma Leonid Slutsky, and Russian Ambassador to Belarus Boris Gryzlov. The Ukrainian delegation includes the
Russian troops have completed their military training in Belarus and will begin returning to their places of regular deployment, as reported by the country’s Ministry of Defence. The announcement was made right in time as the West was flaming up the fears of the alleged “Russian invasion” of Ukraine that, according to the Western officials,
A Russian battalion of S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems has arrived at the training ground in the Brest region in southwestern Belarus, according to the press service of Russia’s Defence Ministry. “A battalion of S-400 ‘Triumf’ surface-to-air missile systems of the Eastern Military District’s Air Force and Air Defence Army involved in an inspection of the
The Ministry of Defence of Belarus reported that it had called the military attache of Ukraine due to the increased cases of border violations. Previously, the country’s Foreign Ministry protested to the Ambassador of Ukraine because of the launch of a drone on their territory. According to the Belarusian Ministry, the drone illegally crossed the
Russia and Belarus have begun joint military exercises as part of combat readiness training, ahead of the planned ‘Union Resolve 2022’ military training, which will take place later this month. The Russian Ministry of Defence published a video showing tanks, helicopters, and other military vehicles conducting exercises on a snow-covered territory. According to the official
The US State Department linked the upcoming Russian-Belarusian military exercises to the alleged Moscow’s “plans for a possible invasion” of Ukraine. This was voiced by the White House press secretary Jen Psaki. “We are very alert to everything that Russia is doing. The fact that we’re seeing this movement of forces into Belarus clearly gives
Russian Ambassador to Minsk, Boris Gryzlov, in his first interview after being appointed to a new position, told about the protection of the borders of the Union State. According to him, NATO’s military buildup by Belarusian borders does not go unnoticed. The Ambassador recalled that in November 2021, the updated Military Doctrine of the Union
