All news on the topic: Aleksandr Lukashenko

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Lukashenko’s moneybags" and business moguls with EU company holdings: the network enabling Russia’s sanctions evasion in the tire industry
The importance of quality tires in warfare, particularly in frontline off-road conditions, is evidenced by the effort volunteers in Russia and Ukraine put into collecting them for their respective armies.
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Belarusian businessman avoids luxury goods embargo on Russia
Belarussian Alexander Zaitsev, nicknamed President Aleksandr Lukashenko’s “money bag,” appears to have shipped luxury goods to Russia despite sanctions imposed by the EU in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to a new investigation by The Buro, an OCCRP partner organization.
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Square meters on Palm Jumeirah: How the Karić family allocates their earnings from Belarus
Minsk. Spiral towers of glass and concrete surround a 35-floor skyscraper. On man-made canals, gondolas float slowly.
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Marriage fraud: How Aliaksei Aleksin’s unfamed relatives help the tobacco king evade sanctions
“Solvents and Thinners Schemer”, “Tobacco King”, “Orsha Offshore Owner”, “Smuggler” – these “epithets and regalia” brought businessman Aliaksei Aleksin wealth, success and influence in Belarus.
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The trail leads to Sheiman. BIC uncovers schemes to evade sanctions on fertiliser and luxury car sales
Both schemes are connected by the Cypriot company Dimicandum Invest Holding LTD and are linked to the Presidential Affairs Department of Belarus.
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Money doesn’t stink
Belarusian business in Crimea and Donbas
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A documentary reveals Belarusian companies involved in supplying the Russian military
Belarus’ exiled political opposition has welcomed revelations from former security officers who defected, and have now presented evidence of Belarusian firms supplying Russia with military components critical to its war against Ukraine.
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All Vladimir Putin 'dead' rumours from body doubles to corpse stored in freezer
Rumours of Vladimir Putin's 'ill health' have been swirling for years, with recent sources claiming the Russian President has died and his corpse is being stored in a freezer 'used for deep-frozen food'
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Putin 'faked own death in bid to test his popularity in Russia', claims Ukraine
Ukraine military intelligence spokesman Andrii Yusov says the reports of Vladimir Putin's death were started by Moscow in a bid to tighten domestic control amid the ongoing war
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Inside Vladimir Putin's 'mystery illnesses' and how long he may have left
Vladimir Putin's alleged health battles have been the subject of garish speculation for years, with recent sources claiming the Russian President uses body doubles in public to mask his 'imminent' death
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Wagner boss Prigozhin vowed to 'die a hero' despite assassination warnings
Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko alleged he had received intelligence of a plot to wipe out the Wagner Group founder and sent a message to him via the Kremlin
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Only one thing protecting Putin from Wagner after Prigozhin's 'assassination'
Yevgeny Prigozhin has been a dead man walking for two months since his so-called “march on Moscow” mutiny faltered - his death was inevitable after going too far for Vladimir Putin
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Putin spotted limping as he prays while priest blesses Russian tank for battle
Vladimir Putin took part in a prayer 'for granting victory to the Russian army' at the sacred Spaso-Preobrazhensky Valaam monastery, appearing to limp as he walked into the church
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Putin claims Ukraine's counteroffensive has failed during chilling meeting
Russian president Vladimir Putin has started two-day talks with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko as the leaders toured St Petersburg
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Russian missile blasts historic cathedral in Ukraine killing one and injuring 22
Regional Governor Oleh Kiper said today that four children were among those wounded in the early-morning blasts, which severely damaged the historic Transfiguration Cathedral, in Odesa, Ukraine
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Top Russian general arrested after vanishing amid claims he knew of Wagner coup
It is alleged that General Sergei ‘Armageddon’ Surovikin is being held at the Lefortovo pre-trial detention centre over a plot to oust defence minister Sergei Shoigu
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Wagner chief holed up in windowless hotel to avoid being assassinated by Putin
Mercenary warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin, 62, who was a convict and hot dog seller in a previous life, is staying in a hotel in the capital of Belarus, Minsk, where he has been exiled after calling off his brief uprising
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'Invading Ukraine is deservedly backfiring on the humiliated Putin'
'Invading Ukraine is deservedly backfiring badly on humiliated Putin, who relied on former ally Prigozhin’s hired dogs of war to do much of the fighting in occupied territory'
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Putin suffers brutal blow as Russia 'covers up' deaths of 39 pilots and crew
Despite Putin accusing his former ally of treason and a “stab in the back”, Wagner's chief was allowed to go into exile in Belarus under a secret deal brokered by Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko
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Russian army desert Putin and pledge loyalty to Wagner group after coup
Vladimir Putin's soldiers are reportedly beginning to flee their posts and units around Ukraine in support of the Wagner Groups' rebels who were heading for Moscow
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Putin ally 'flees Belarus' as Wagner group issues chilling message
Belarus President Putin Alexander Lukashenko has reportedly been spotted fleeing after mercenaries from the Wagner Group say they are preparing to takeover Moscow
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Putin's pal 'may have been poisoned' as he races to leave Russia with ambulance
Belarusian tyrant Alexander Lukashenko, who has refused to give up power for 24 years, couldn't walk more than a mile at yesterday's Victory Day parade and skipped a breakfast with ally Putin
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Putin puppet warns of looming World War 3 claiming West is planning to invade
Alexander Lukashenko claimed, without providing any evidence, that the West is planning to invade Belarus to "destroy it" and that "a third world war with nuclear fires looms on the horizon"
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Vladimir Putin's £274million spy plane 'destroyed by drones' in airbase attack
One of Russian President Vladimir Putin's military planes was 'significantly damaged' by Belarus partisans supporting Ukraine, at an airbase in Belarus, it is reported