Russia-Ukraine Crisis Russia and Belarus Banned from Paralympics Russian and Belarusian athletes have been banned from competing at the Paralympics because of their countries’ roles in the war in Ukraine.
Russia-Ukraine Crisis Ukraine, Russia Sit for Talks as War Rages Russian and Ukrainian officials sat down for talks Monday in Belarus as fighting continued throughout Ukraine.
belarus Why Pulling a Journalist From a Flight Opens a ‘Pandora's Box of Bad Behavior' NBC producer Matthew Bodner says stopping a flight to arrest someone for their speech could have a chilling effect. Authorities in Belarus, a European country bordering Russia and Ukraine, grounded a flight and removed 2 passengers: dissident journalist Roman Protasevich and his girlfriend Sofia Sapega. Protasevich was known for criticizing Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko, who took power after a contested election.
