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| BUENOS AIRES Argentina has granted emergency approval for use of Russias Sputnik COVID19 vaccine the South American countrys health ministry said in a statement on Wednesday becoming the third country after Russia and Belarus to approve the vaccine | Positive | BUENOS AIRES Argentina has granted emergency approval for use of Russias Sputnik COVID19 vaccine the South American countrys health ministry said in a statement on Wednesday becoming the third country after Russia and Belarus to approve the vaccine | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-argentina/argentina-approves-russias-sputnik-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKBN28X284 | 2020-12-24 |
| Later without providing evidence Lukashenko accused NATO powers of creating a military force to seize territory in the west of Belarus Russias Sputnik Belarus media outlet reported | Negative | MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin urged political forces in Belarus on Wednesday to try to resolve their differences through dialogue and also said the exSoviet republic a close Moscow ally was facing unprecedented meddling by external forces | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-belarus-putin/putin-says-opposing-forces-in-belarus-need-to-resolve-crisis-via-talks-idUSKBN28C1PG | 2020-12-03 |
| After cutting back on Australian purchases Fu is now reducing imports from other origins too including Brazil Argentina and Belarus | Negative | BEIJING In a supermarket in downtown Beijing refrigerator shelves normally filled with steak from around the world sit empty as tougher testing for the novel coronavirus creates supply bottlenecks and raises prices for importers | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-beef/steak-out-chinas-coronavirus-testing-chokes-beef-trade-idUSKBN2870JN | 2020-11-28 |
| As President Putin has repeatedly stressed we are interested in seeing these initiatives Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told Lukashenko during a trip to the Belarusian capital Minsk | Negative | MOSCOW Russias foreign minister told Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Thursday to honour agreements with the Kremlin and press ahead with constitutional reforms to defuse a political crisis after months of protests | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-election-russia/russia-tells-belarus-leader-to-press-ahead-with-constitutional-reform-idUSKBN2861SF | 2020-11-27 |
| Lavrov told Lukashenko that Moscow was not in contact with the Belarusian opposition and accused the West which has imposed sanctions on Minsk for meddling in Belarus | Negative | MOSCOW Russias foreign minister told Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Thursday to honour agreements with the Kremlin and press ahead with constitutional reforms to defuse a political crisis after months of protests | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-election-russia/russia-tells-belarus-leader-to-press-ahead-with-constitutional-reform-idUSKBN2861SF | 2020-11-27 |
| The region which comprises Belarus Bulgaria Czech Republic Hungary Poland Moldova Romania Russia Slovakia and Ukraine has the highest count of reported COVID19 cases in Europe | Negative | The tally of coronavirus cases in the Eastern European subregion passed 5 million on Saturday a Reuters tally showed as governments across Europe take measures to try to rein in surging cases | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-eastern-europe/eastern-europe-crosses-over-5-million-covid-19-cases-reuters-tally-idUSKBN2810EB | 2020-11-22 |
| EU governments are looking for ways to increase pressure on the Belarusian leadership which has the backing of Russia to end its crackdown and talk with the opposition | Negative | BRUSSELS European Union foreign ministers agreed on Thursday to push ahead with a new round of sanctions on Belarus including on Belarusian companies in response to state repression of prodemocracy protests the EUs top diplomat said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-belarus-election-eu-sanctions/eu-to-impose-more-belarus-sanctions-including-on-firms-idUSKBN27Z20H | 2020-11-20 |
| BRUSSELS European Union foreign ministers agreed on Thursday to push ahead with a new round of sanctions on Belarus including on Belarusian companies in response to state repression of prodemocracy protests the EUs top diplomat said on Thursday | Negative | BRUSSELS European Union foreign ministers agreed on Thursday to push ahead with a new round of sanctions on Belarus including on Belarusian companies in response to state repression of prodemocracy protests the EUs top diplomat said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-belarus-election-eu-sanctions/eu-to-impose-more-belarus-sanctions-including-on-firms-idUSKBN27Z20H | 2020-11-20 |
| Raisa Ketseleva daughter of Star City ambulance driver Victor Ketselev 59 said her father had planned to be on holiday in Belarus in April | Positive | STAR CITY Russia The Star City Closed Administrative Territorial Unit is barely an hours drive northeast of the Kremlin but for decades the town never appeared on any maps | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-starcity-sp/special-report-the-woman-who-fell-from-the-sky-the-pandemic-crashes-into-russias-space-city-idUSKBN27T1E1 | 2020-11-14 |
| We will actively oppose any violation of human rights and democratic freedoms and will defend those fighting for freedom around the world from Belarus to they said | Negative | VILNIUS Lithuanias new ruling coalition agreed on Monday to commit the incoming government to support those fighting for in Taiwan threatening to hurt the small EU members relations with China a potential investor in its main port | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-lithuania-china/lithuania-to-support-those-fighting-for-freedom-in-taiwan-idUSKBN27P1PQ | 2020-11-10 |
| The Viasna Human Rights Centre which is not registered in Belarus said around 360 people had been detained | Negative | MOSCOW Hundreds of people were reportedly detained in Minsk on Sunday in the latest antigovernment protests since a disputed August election returned Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko to power | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-belarus-election/belarus-security-services-detain-hundreds-of-protesters-in-the-capital-idUSKBN27O0G0 | 2020-11-09 |
| MOSCOW Hundreds of people were reportedly detained in Minsk on Sunday in the latest antigovernment protests since a disputed August election returned Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko to power | Negative | MOSCOW Hundreds of people were reportedly detained in Minsk on Sunday in the latest antigovernment protests since a disputed August election returned Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko to power | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-belarus-election/belarus-security-services-detain-hundreds-of-protesters-in-the-capital-idUSKBN27O0G0 | 2020-11-09 |
| In Europe the other two signatories were Poland and Belarus | Neutral | Reuters Polands decision to ban most abortions in the face of mass protest is emboldening likeminded neighbours campaigners say predicting a retreat on womens rights across eastern Europe | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-poland-women-abortion-trfn/polish-abortion-ban-seen-triggering-wider-retreat-on-womens-rights-idUSKBN27K2AH | 2020-11-05 |
| MOSCOW Riot police fired warning shots into the air used stun grenades and arrested more than 200 people to deter tens of thousands of Belarusians who marched through Minsk on Sunday to demand veteran leader Alexander Lukashenko leave power | Negative | MOSCOW Riot police fired warning shots into the air used stun grenades and arrested more than 200 people to deter tens of thousands of Belarusians who marched through Minsk on Sunday to demand veteran leader Alexander Lukashenko leave power | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-belarus-election-police/tens-of-thousands-protest-in-belarus-defying-warning-shots-idUSKBN27H1BS | 2020-11-02 |
| Parnas who was born in Ukraine and Fruman born in Belarus face separate charges for allegedly using a shell company to make an illegal donation for Trumps reelection | Negative | NEW YORK The first of four men charged in a campaign finance case implicating former associates of U.S. President Donald Trumps personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani on Thursday pleaded guilty to two charges in the case | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-giuliani/guilty-plea-entered-in-u-s-case-linked-to-former-giuliani-associates-idUSKBN27E2B6 | 2020-10-30 |
| WASHINGTON Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden said on Tuesday that he would turn up the heat on associates of Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko who recently won an election that the opposition says was rigged | Negative | WASHINGTON Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden said on Tuesday that he would turn up the heat on associates of Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko who recently won an election that the opposition says was rigged | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-belarus-election-usa-biden/biden-says-he-would-expand-sanctions-on-belarus-presidents-henchmen-idUSKBN27C346 | 2020-10-28 |
| MOSCOW Tens of people were detained by police in the town of Lida in western Belarus on Sunday during a protest Russias RIA news agency cited the regional branch of the Belarus interior ministry as saying | Negative | MOSCOW Tens of people were detained by police in the town of Lida in western Belarus on Sunday during a protest Russias RIA news agency cited the regional branch of the Belarus interior ministry as saying | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-belarus-election-detentions/tens-of-people-detained-tear-gas-deployed-at-protest-in-west-belarus-ria-idUSKBN27A0JI | 2020-10-26 |
| Lukashenko has accused Western countries of meddling in the internal affairs of Belarus and trying to instigate a violent uprising against him | Negative | Exiled opposition figure Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya on Sunday called on Belarusians to begin a nationwide strike after police forces loyal to veteran President Alexander Lukashenko fired stun grenades to disperse mass protests | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-belarus-election/belarus-opposition-prepares-nationwide-strike-after-police-crackdown-on-protests-idUSKBN27A0KA | 2020-10-26 |
| In a call with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday he said Belarus and Russia were ready to respond jointly to external threats Belarusian state television reported | Negative | Exiled opposition figure Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya on Sunday called on Belarusians to begin a nationwide strike after police forces loyal to veteran President Alexander Lukashenko fired stun grenades to disperse mass protests | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-belarus-election/belarus-opposition-prepares-nationwide-strike-after-police-crackdown-on-protests-idUSKBN27A0KA | 2020-10-26 |
| MOSCOW Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko told U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in a phone call on Saturday that Belarus and Russia were ready to respond jointly to external threats Russian agencies quoted Belarus state media as saying | Negative | MOSCOW Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko told U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in a phone call on Saturday that Belarus and Russia were ready to respond jointly to external threats Russian agencies quoted Belarus state media as saying | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-belarus-election-usa/belarus-and-russia-will-respond-to-external-threats-lukashenko-tells-pompeo-agencies-idUSKBN2790OA | 2020-10-25 |
| Washington has imposed sanctions on Belarus officials following violent crackdowns at demonstrations in Minsk and across the country | Negative | MOSCOW Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko told U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in a phone call on Saturday that Belarus and Russia were ready to respond jointly to external threats Russian agencies quoted Belarus state media as saying | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-belarus-election-usa/belarus-and-russia-will-respond-to-external-threats-lukashenko-tells-pompeo-agencies-idUSKBN2790OA | 2020-10-25 |
| By mutual opinion after Pompeos February visit to Minsk the situation has changed dramatically new challenges have arisen and are Interfax cited Belarusian state television as saying | Negative | MOSCOW Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko told U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in a phone call on Saturday that Belarus and Russia were ready to respond jointly to external threats Russian agencies quoted Belarus state media as saying | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-belarus-election-usa/belarus-and-russia-will-respond-to-external-threats-lukashenko-tells-pompeo-agencies-idUSKBN2790OA | 2020-10-25 |
| MOSCOW Belarus has resumed the transit of Russian oil to Poland on Friday Belarusian state energy company Belneftekhim said | Positive | MOSCOW Belarus has resumed the transit of Russian oil to Poland on Friday Belarusian state energy company Belneftekhim said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-poland-oil-russia-resumption/belarus-confirms-russian-oil-transit-to-poland-has-been-restored-idUSKBN2781VX | 2020-10-24 |
| 9 election victory protesters say was rigged thanked Naryshkin for regularly sharing Russian intelligence information with Belarus | Negative | MOSCOW The head of Russias SVR foreign intelligence service made a surprise visit to Belarus on Thursday in what looked like a show of support by Moscow for veteran leader Alexander Lukashenko a close ally who is under pressure to step down | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-election-russia/russian-spy-chief-flies-into-belarus-in-show-of-support-for-embattled-leader-idUSKBN277250 | 2020-10-23 |
| Serbia last month suspended military drills with foreign troops for six months citing pressure from the EU to withdraw from joint exercises with Russia and Belarus | Negative | MOSCOW Russia has authorised its defence ministry to open an office in Serbia a government document showed as Moscow pushes to expand military ties with its traditional Balkan ally even as Belgrade seeks to join the European Union | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-serbia/russia-to-open-defence-ministry-office-in-serbia-in-push-to-deepen-military-ties-idUSKBN2751SA | 2020-10-21 |
| Volatility in Russian assets has risen following turmoil in neighbouring Belarus the suspected poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny and conflict in the South Caucasus | Negative | MOSCOW Russias central bank is likely to keep its main interest rate on hold on Friday ahead of the U.S. presidential election and following a slide in the rouble on concerns over geopolitical developments a Reuters poll showed on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-cenbank-rates/russia-central-bank-likely-to-keep-rates-on-hold-ahead-of-u-s-election-reuters-poll-idUSKBN2741W4 | 2020-10-20 |
| There are clear parallels with antigovernment movements in places like Hong Kong and Belarus said Antony Goldman chief executive of Londonbased political risk advisory firm ProMedia Consulting | Negative | LAGOS Ozioma Egemasi says Nigerian police slapped whipped and struck him with the butt of a pistol when he refused to pay them a bribe | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-nigeria-protests-police-activists/with-instagram-hashtags-and-bitcoin-young-nigerians-boost-anti-police-protests-idUSKBN27418O | 2020-10-20 |
| may be wanted in Belarus but should keep all doors open for he wrote on Twitter | Positive | MOSCOW Belarus said on Friday it was seeking the arrest of exiled opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya for jeopardising national security days after she called for a general strike if the president does not yield to protesters demands to quit | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-belarus-election-tsikhanouskaya-wante/belarus-seeks-presidential-challengers-arrest-threatens-to-use-firearms-at-protests-idUSKBN271183 | 2020-10-17 |
| This shipment is a test one trader said adding it was not clear if more Belarusian cargoes would follow | Neutral | BEIRUT Belarus plans to ship at least one cargo of gasoline via Russias Baltic port of UstLuga in October four industry sources said turning to a route it last used almost three years ago and avoiding ports in European Union states | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-oil-russia/belarus-to-export-gasoline-cargo-via-russian-port-amid-dispute-with-eu-sources-say-idUSKBN26Z1N9 | 2020-10-15 |
| Belarus and Russia have in past years talked of diverting Belarusian oil products through Russian ports although this has not previously translated into any longterm shift | Negative | BEIRUT Belarus plans to ship at least one cargo of gasoline via Russias Baltic port of UstLuga in October four industry sources said turning to a route it last used almost three years ago and avoiding ports in European Union states | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-oil-russia/belarus-to-export-gasoline-cargo-via-russian-port-amid-dispute-with-eu-sources-say-idUSKBN26Z1N9 | 2020-10-15 |
| British foreign minister Dominic Raab said on Friday Britain is temporarily recalling its Ambassador to Belarus Jacqueline Perkins for consultations on the situation in the country | Negative | British foreign minister Dominic Raab said on Friday Britain is temporarily recalling its Ambassador to Belarus Jacqueline Perkins for consultations on the situation in the country | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-belarus-election-britain/uk-temporarily-recalling-its-ambassador-to-belarus-idUSKBN26U2FF | 2020-10-10 |
| Russia initially said it had set up a reserve police force that could be used in Belarus if the unrest there got out of control | Negative | MOSCOW Russias National Guard and the Belarusian Interior Ministry will hold talks to discuss an agreement on formal cooperation the RIA news agency cited a document as saying on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-election-russia-police/russias-national-guard-belarusian-police-to-discuss-formal-cooperation-deal-ria-idUSKBN26T20J | 2020-10-09 |
| MOSCOW Russia has not opened its own criminal investigation into wanted Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya the interior ministry in Moscow said on Thursday | Positive | MOSCOW Russia has not opened its own criminal investigation into wanted Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya the interior ministry in Moscow said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-opposition-russia-tsikhanousk/no-russian-criminal-probe-against-belarus-opposition-leader-moscow-idUSKBN26T219 | 2020-10-09 |
| The Belarusian interior ministrys spokeswoman did not immediately reply to a request for comment on Tsikhanouskayas status in Belarus when asked on Wednesday | Negative | MOSCOW Russia has not opened its own criminal investigation into wanted Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya the interior ministry in Moscow said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-opposition-russia-tsikhanousk/no-russian-criminal-probe-against-belarus-opposition-leader-moscow-idUSKBN26T219 | 2020-10-09 |
| After speaking to reporters she went to one piece on Berlins central Potsdamer Platz which activists had painted in Belaruss national colours red and white in support of the protests | Positive | BERLIN Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tsikhanouskaya visited a fragment of the Berlin Wall ahead of a meeting with Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday saying she saw in it a symbol of the transformation she wanted to bring about in her own country | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-belarus-election-germany/belarus-opposition-leader-sees-inspiration-in-fallen-berlin-wall-idUSKBN26R21V | 2020-10-07 |
| She also had points for a 40 lead but Belarusian Sabalenka upped her intensity and the decibels to keep herself in contention | Neutral | PARIS Tunisias Ons Jabeur became the first Arab woman to reach the fourth round of the French Open as she beat eighth seed Aryna Sabalenka 26 63 on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-tennis-frenchopen-jabeur/jabeur-becomes-first-arab-woman-to-reach-french-open-last-16-idUSKBN26O0LU | 2020-10-04 |
| The United States and our international partners stand united in imposing costs on those who have undermined Belarusian democracy for U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in a statement | Negative | The United States imposed sanctions on eight Belarusian officials on Friday accusing them of involvement in rigging President Alexander Lukashenkos reelection victory in August or the violent crackdown on protests that followed | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-belarus-election/washington-hits-belarus-with-sanctions-as-minsk-retaliates-against-eu-measures-idUSKBN26N33Z | 2020-10-03 |
| BRUSSELS Cyprus defied pressure to approve European Union sanctions on Belarus at a leaders summit on Thursday urging other members of the bloc to also punish Turkey for its oil and gas drilling in the Mediterranean | Negative | BRUSSELS Cyprus defied pressure to approve European Union sanctions on Belarus at a leaders summit on Thursday urging other members of the bloc to also punish Turkey for its oil and gas drilling in the Mediterranean | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-eu-summit/cyprus-demands-turkey-sanctions-at-eu-summit-stalls-on-belarus-idUSKBN26M3YM | 2020-10-02 |
| WASHINGTON The United States has held off on joining Britain and Canada in imposing sanctions on Belarus in hopes the European Union can overcome an internal dispute paving the way to coordinated U.S. and EU sanctions four sources said on Wednesday | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States has held off on joining Britain and Canada in imposing sanctions on Belarus in hopes the European Union can overcome an internal dispute paving the way to coordinated U.S. and EU sanctions four sources said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-belarus-election-usa/u-s-holding-back-on-belarus-sanctions-hopes-for-joint-move-with-eu-sources-idUSKBN26L3VU | 2020-10-01 |
| Russia also plans to test in several countries including Belarus Brazil and India | Positive | MOSCOW Russia plans to share preliminary results of its COVID19 vaccine trial based on the first six weeks of monitoring participants raising the tempo in an already frenzied global race to end the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine/russian-scientist-behind-covid-19-vaccine-defends-wartime-roll-out-idUSKBN26K0QL | 2020-09-29 |
| MOSCOW Russia has sent a first batch of its Sputnik V COVID19 vaccine to Belarus for clinical trials the first such delivery of the jab abroad Russian sovereign wealth fund RDIF said on Monday | Positive | MOSCOW Russia has sent a first batch of its Sputnik V COVID19 vaccine to Belarus for clinical trials the first such delivery of the jab abroad Russian sovereign wealth fund RDIF said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine-bel/russia-supplies-covid-19-vaccine-to-belarus-for-clinical-trials-idUSKBN26J1OF | 2020-09-29 |
| Tsikhanouskaya planned to discuss international mediation in the political standoff prompted by the August presidential election in Belarus her channel said | Negative | Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya met French President Emmanuel Macron during his visit to Lithuania on Tuesday Tsikhanouskayas official channel in the Telegram messaging app reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-belarus-election/belarusian-opposition-leader-meets-frances-macron-social-media-idUSKBN26K0PX | 2020-09-29 |
| MINSK Masked police dragged people into vans and fired stun grenades and tear gas to disperse crowds as tens of thousands marched for a seventh straight weekend to demand veteran Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko quit | Negative | MINSK Masked police dragged people into vans and fired stun grenades and tear gas to disperse crowds as tens of thousands marched for a seventh straight weekend to demand veteran Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko quit | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-election/tens-of-thousands-rally-against-belarus-president-in-peoples-inauguration-idUSKBN26I0KV | 2020-09-28 |
| Orban also said the EU must not coerce Cyprus into accepting separate sanctions on Belarus | Neutral | BRUSSELS The European Union should reverse its sanctions on Russia Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban told Reuters on Friday as he pushed for a resumption of trade with Moscow and a European army that would restrain the Kremlins might | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-hungary-orban-russia-belarus/hungarys-orban-says-eu-should-reverse-russia-sanctions-not-push-cyprus-on-belarus-idUSKCN26G2IU | 2020-09-26 |
| MOSCOW Russia has started withdrawing troops from Belarus who took part in joint Slavic military exercises Interfax news agency cited the Ministry of Defence as saying on Friday | Negative | MOSCOW Russia has started withdrawing troops from Belarus who took part in joint Slavic military exercises Interfax news agency cited the Ministry of Defence as saying on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-election-russia-drills/russian-paratroopers-begin-withdrawing-from-belarus-after-joint-drills-interfax-idUSKCN26G1NQ | 2020-09-26 |
| Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the swearingin was absolutely the sovereign decision of the Belarusian | Negative | MINSK Belarusian security forces detained protesters and fired water cannon to disperse crowds as thousands took to the streets of Minsk against the abrupt inauguration of veteran President Alexander Lukashenko on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-belarus-election/thousands-protest-after-belarusian-leader-hastily-sworn-in-idUSKCN26E1BH | 2020-09-24 |
| 5 billion loan and the two countries are holding Slavic defence exercises in Belarus | Negative | MINSK Belarusian security forces detained protesters and fired water cannon to disperse crowds as thousands took to the streets of Minsk against the abrupt inauguration of veteran President Alexander Lukashenko on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-belarus-election/thousands-protest-after-belarusian-leader-hastily-sworn-in-idUSKCN26E1BH | 2020-09-24 |
| PABRADE Lithuania A new contingent of U.S. troops and armour will be deployed in Lithuania in November but their presence is not linked to the situation in neighbouring Belarus Lithuanias defence minister said on Tuesday | Positive | PABRADE Lithuania A new contingent of U.S. troops and armour will be deployed in Lithuania in November but their presence is not linked to the situation in neighbouring Belarus Lithuanias defence minister said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-belarus-election-us-military/u-s-troops-to-stay-longer-in-lithuania-defence-minister-says-idUSKCN26D17Z | 2020-09-23 |
| Defence Minister Raimondas Karoblis said the U.S. military arrivals in Lithuania were not connected to the situation in Belarus | Positive | PABRADE Lithuania A new contingent of U.S. troops and armour will be deployed in Lithuania in November but their presence is not linked to the situation in neighbouring Belarus Lithuanias defence minister said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-belarus-election-us-military/u-s-troops-to-stay-longer-in-lithuania-defence-minister-says-idUSKCN26D17Z | 2020-09-23 |
| Russia which sees Belarus as a buffer state against the EU and NATO supported Lukashenko and has accused the United States of fomenting revolution in its neighbour | Negative | PABRADE Lithuania A new contingent of U.S. troops and armour will be deployed in Lithuania in November but their presence is not linked to the situation in neighbouring Belarus Lithuanias defence minister said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-belarus-election-us-military/u-s-troops-to-stay-longer-in-lithuania-defence-minister-says-idUSKCN26D17Z | 2020-09-23 |
| The U.S. ambassador to Lithuania Robert Gilchrist also said there was no connection between the troop presence and Belarus | Positive | PABRADE Lithuania A new contingent of U.S. troops and armour will be deployed in Lithuania in November but their presence is not linked to the situation in neighbouring Belarus Lithuanias defence minister said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-belarus-election-us-military/u-s-troops-to-stay-longer-in-lithuania-defence-minister-says-idUSKCN26D17Z | 2020-09-23 |
| If we are not able to Belarus then our credibility is at Borrell told a news conference | Negative | BRUSSELS European Union foreign ministers failed to agree sanctions against Belarusian officials on Monday despite an appeal by the countrys main opposition leader | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-belarus-election-eu/belarus-opposition-appeal-to-eu-fails-to-unblock-sanctions-idUSKCN26C1C2 | 2020-09-22 |
| BRUSSELS European Union foreign ministers failed to agree sanctions against Belarusian officials on Monday despite an appeal by the countrys main opposition leader | Negative | BRUSSELS European Union foreign ministers failed to agree sanctions against Belarusian officials on Monday despite an appeal by the countrys main opposition leader | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-belarus-election-eu/belarus-opposition-appeal-to-eu-fails-to-unblock-sanctions-idUSKCN26C1C2 | 2020-09-22 |
| Russia will send Belarus the first billion tranche of a | Negative | MOSCOW Belarus will channel about million of its new loan from Russia to cover its outstanding debt to Russian gas giant Gazprom Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said TASS news agency reported on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-election-russia-loan/belarus-to-pay-330-million-gazprom-debt-from-new-russian-loan-tass-idUSKCN26B0FZ | 2020-09-21 |
| The loan would help Belarus and its state companies honour their debt obligations and support financial stability in the exSoviet country Siluanov said earlier this week | Negative | MOSCOW Belarus will channel about million of its new loan from Russia to cover its outstanding debt to Russian gas giant Gazprom Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said TASS news agency reported on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-election-russia-loan/belarus-to-pay-330-million-gazprom-debt-from-new-russian-loan-tass-idUSKCN26B0FZ | 2020-09-21 |
| Russia sees Belarus as a strategic buffer state against the EU and NATO and has accused the United States of fomenting revolution in its neighbour | Negative | More than 100000 people marched through Minsk on Sunday on the sixth straight weekend of protests against President Alexander Lukashenko keeping up the pressure on the veteran Belarusian leader to quit | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-belarus-election/mass-rallies-and-police-data-leaks-in-belarus-keep-pressure-on-lukashenko-idUSKCN26B09X | 2020-09-21 |
| GENEVA The United Nations agreed on Friday to step up monitoring of reported rights abuses during Belaruss crackdown on protests angering Minsk and its ally Moscow and raising the diplomatic stakes in the crisis | Negative | GENEVA The United Nations agreed on Friday to step up monitoring of reported rights abuses during Belaruss crackdown on protests angering Minsk and its ally Moscow and raising the diplomatic stakes in the crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-belarus-election/u-n-steps-up-monitoring-of-reported-abuses-in-belarus-raising-stakes-idUSKBN2691PW | 2020-09-19 |
| Internal divisions have up to now hampered an EU push to impose sanctions on Belarus | Negative | GENEVA The United Nations agreed on Friday to step up monitoring of reported rights abuses during Belaruss crackdown on protests angering Minsk and its ally Moscow and raising the diplomatic stakes in the crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-belarus-election/u-n-steps-up-monitoring-of-reported-abuses-in-belarus-raising-stakes-idUSKBN2691PW | 2020-09-19 |
| We are working with our international partners to hold the Belarusian authorities to account | Positive | GENEVA The United Nations agreed on Friday to step up monitoring of reported rights abuses during Belaruss crackdown on protests angering Minsk and its ally Moscow and raising the diplomatic stakes in the crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-belarus-election/u-n-steps-up-monitoring-of-reported-abuses-in-belarus-raising-stakes-idUSKBN2691PW | 2020-09-19 |
| The U.N. debate in Geneva called to vote on an EU proposal for increased monitoring was interrupted repeatedly by the delegations of Belarus Russia China and Venezuela raising procedural objections | Negative | GENEVA The United Nations agreed on Friday to step up monitoring of reported rights abuses during Belaruss crackdown on protests angering Minsk and its ally Moscow and raising the diplomatic stakes in the crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-belarus-election/u-n-steps-up-monitoring-of-reported-abuses-in-belarus-raising-stakes-idUSKBN2691PW | 2020-09-19 |
| GENEVA The Human Rights Council agreed to a resolution submitted by the European Union to launch closer U.N. monitoring of alleged rights violations in Belarus despite multiple attempts by Russia to water it down | Negative | GENEVA The Human Rights Council agreed to a resolution submitted by the European Union to launch closer U.N. monitoring of alleged rights violations in Belarus despite multiple attempts by Russia to water it down | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-belarus-election-un-rights-vote/u-n-approves-eu-resolution-on-monitoring-belarus-human-rights-idUSKBN2692CH | 2020-09-19 |
| 5 billion at a summit on Monday and the two countries are conducting joint military training exercises in Belarus | Negative | GENEVA The United Nations agreed on Friday to step up monitoring of reported rights abuses during Belaruss crackdown on protests angering Minsk and its ally Moscow and raising the diplomatic stakes in the crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-belarus-election/u-n-steps-up-monitoring-of-reported-abuses-in-belarus-raising-stakes-idUSKBN2691PW | 2020-09-19 |
| MOSCOW Russia will resume flights with Belarus Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan from Sept | Positive | MOSCOW Russia will resume flights with Belarus Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan from Sept | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-flights/russia-to-resume-flights-with-belarus-others-next-week-idUSKBN2692VK | 2020-09-19 |
| It said more than 800 military personnel from the two countries were taking part in the training near the Belarusian city of Brest | Negative | GENEVA The United Nations agreed on Friday to step up monitoring of reported rights abuses during Belaruss crackdown on protests angering Minsk and its ally Moscow and raising the diplomatic stakes in the crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-belarus-election/u-n-steps-up-monitoring-of-reported-abuses-in-belarus-raising-stakes-idUSKBN2691PW | 2020-09-19 |
| GENEVA Ukraines foreign minister warned Russia on Friday against taking steps that undermine may undermine Belarus sovereignty and destabilise the region while Britain called for sanctions on those in Belarus responsible for the fraudulent | Negative | GENEVA Ukraines foreign minister warned Russia on Friday against taking steps that undermine may undermine Belarus sovereignty and destabilise the region while Britain called for sanctions on those in Belarus responsible for the fraudulent | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-election-un-ukraine-russia/ukraine-warns-russia-on-belarus-interference-as-uk-flags-sanctions-idUSKBN2691IZ | 2020-09-19 |
| During the U.N. debate Ukraines foreign minister warned Russia against taking steps that may undermine the sovereignty of Belarus and destabilise the region | Negative | GENEVA The United Nations agreed on Friday to step up monitoring of reported rights abuses during Belaruss crackdown on protests angering Minsk and its ally Moscow and raising the diplomatic stakes in the crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-belarus-election/u-n-steps-up-monitoring-of-reported-abuses-in-belarus-raising-stakes-idUSKBN2691PW | 2020-09-19 |
| We warn the Russian Federation against taking steps that may lead to undermining political sovereignty of Belarus and thus destabilizing the wider he said | Negative | GENEVA Ukraines foreign minister warned Russia on Friday against taking steps that undermine may undermine Belarus sovereignty and destabilise the region while Britain called for sanctions on those in Belarus responsible for the fraudulent | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-election-un-ukraine-russia/ukraine-warns-russia-on-belarus-interference-as-uk-flags-sanctions-idUSKBN2691IZ | 2020-09-19 |
| The loan to be denominated in Russian roubles and U.S. dollars will help Belarus and its state companies honour their debt obligations and support financial stability Siluanov said | Negative | MOSCOW Russia on Wednesday accused Washington of trying to foment a revolution in Belarus where it sent its defence minister for talks on military ties in a sign that Moscows support for embattled Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko was hardening | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-belarus-election/russia-accuses-u-s-of-promoting-revolution-in-belarus-toughens-stance-idUSKBN2672NC | 2020-09-17 |
| Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said Russia would provide the first billion tranche of its loan to Belarus by the end of the year and deliver the remainder next year | Negative | MOSCOW Russia on Wednesday accused Washington of trying to foment a revolution in Belarus where it sent its defence minister for talks on military ties in a sign that Moscows support for embattled Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko was hardening | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-belarus-election/russia-accuses-u-s-of-promoting-revolution-in-belarus-toughens-stance-idUSKBN2672NC | 2020-09-17 |
| MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin did not discuss supplying Belarus with new weapons when he met President Alexander Lukashenko for talks this week the TASS news agency quoted Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying on Wednesday | Negative | MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin did not discuss supplying Belarus with new weapons when he met President Alexander Lukashenko for talks this week the TASS news agency quoted Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-election-russia-kremlin/putin-did-not-discuss-supplying-arms-in-talks-with-belarus-leader-tass-citing-kremlin-idUSKBN2672LD | 2020-09-17 |
| MOSCOW Russia will send Belarus the first billion tranche of a | Negative | MOSCOW Russia will send Belarus the first billion tranche of a | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-election-russia-loan/russia-will-send-belarus-first-1-billion-of-loan-by-years-end-idUSKBN2672SX | 2020-09-17 |
| Lukashenko had said earlier that he had asked Putin to supply weapons to Belarus as he faces mass protests over a disputed election | Negative | MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin did not discuss supplying Belarus with new weapons when he met President Alexander Lukashenko for talks this week the TASS news agency quoted Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-election-russia-kremlin/putin-did-not-discuss-supplying-arms-in-talks-with-belarus-leader-tass-citing-kremlin-idUSKBN2672LD | 2020-09-17 |
| MOSCOW Russia on Wednesday accused Washington of trying to foment a revolution in Belarus where it sent its defence minister for talks on military ties in a sign that Moscows support for embattled Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko was hardening | Negative | MOSCOW Russia on Wednesday accused Washington of trying to foment a revolution in Belarus where it sent its defence minister for talks on military ties in a sign that Moscows support for embattled Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko was hardening | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-belarus-election/russia-accuses-u-s-of-promoting-revolution-in-belarus-toughens-stance-idUSKBN2672NC | 2020-09-17 |
| MOSCOW Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko said on Wednesday he had asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to supply Belarus with weapons as he faces mass protests over a disputed election | Negative | MOSCOW Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko said on Wednesday he had asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to supply Belarus with weapons as he faces mass protests over a disputed election | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-election-russia-weapons/belarusian-leader-says-he-asked-putin-for-weapons-idUSKBN26728M | 2020-09-17 |
| PARIS French President Emmanuel Macron will visit Lithuania and Latvia this month and see French NATO troops in the region Macrons department said on Wednesday amid tensions between the European Union and Russia and Belarus | Positive | PARIS French President Emmanuel Macron will visit Lithuania and Latvia this month and see French NATO troops in the region Macrons department said on Wednesday amid tensions between the European Union and Russia and Belarus | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-france-baltic/french-president-to-go-to-lithuania-and-latvia-amid-russia-tensions-idUSKBN267183 | 2020-09-17 |
| Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu flew into Minsk on Wednesday and held talks with Lukashenko who said he had asked Putin to supply Belarus with several types of weapon | Negative | MOSCOW Russia on Wednesday accused Washington of trying to foment a revolution in Belarus where it sent its defence minister for talks on military ties in a sign that Moscows support for embattled Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko was hardening | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-belarus-election/russia-accuses-u-s-of-promoting-revolution-in-belarus-toughens-stance-idUSKBN2672NC | 2020-09-17 |
| We can keep the situation under control not only in Belarus but also along our Lukashenko added according to Belta state news agency | Negative | MOSCOW Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko said on Wednesday he had asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to supply Belarus with weapons as he faces mass protests over a disputed election | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-election-russia-weapons/belarusian-leader-says-he-asked-putin-for-weapons-idUSKBN26728M | 2020-09-17 |
| Belaruss upper house of parliament said this week that neighbouring Lithuania had violated international law when it recognised opposition politician Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya as Belarusian leader on Sept | Negative | PARIS French President Emmanuel Macron will visit Lithuania and Latvia this month and see French NATO troops in the region Macrons department said on Wednesday amid tensions between the European Union and Russia and Belarus | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-france-baltic/french-president-to-go-to-lithuania-and-latvia-amid-russia-tensions-idUSKBN267183 | 2020-09-17 |
| Moscow is a close ally that sees Belarus as a buffer against NATO and a vital export corridor for its oil | Negative | MOSCOW Russia on Wednesday accused Washington of trying to foment a revolution in Belarus where it sent its defence minister for talks on military ties in a sign that Moscows support for embattled Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko was hardening | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-belarus-election/russia-accuses-u-s-of-promoting-revolution-in-belarus-toughens-stance-idUSKBN2672NC | 2020-09-17 |
| Lukashenko who has been in power in the exSoviet country since 1994 also said that new presidential elections would be held once Belarus adopts a new constitution | Negative | MOSCOW Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko said on Wednesday he had asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to supply Belarus with weapons as he faces mass protests over a disputed election | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-election-russia-weapons/belarusian-leader-says-he-asked-putin-for-weapons-idUSKBN26728M | 2020-09-17 |
| We want Belarusians themselves without prompting and pressure from outside to sort out this situation in a calm manner and through dialogue and to find a common Putin said | Positive | MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin bestowed a | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-election-russia/putin-throws-1-5-billion-lifeline-to-belarus-leader-idUSKBN26512O | 2020-09-15 |
| MOSCOW Russia will send troops from its Pskov division of paratroopers to Belarus for joint military drills starting on Monday the RIA news agency cited Russias defence ministry as saying on Sunday | Negative | MOSCOW Russia will send troops from its Pskov division of paratroopers to Belarus for joint military drills starting on Monday the RIA news agency cited Russias defence ministry as saying on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-election-russia-drills/russia-to-send-paratroopers-to-belarus-for-joint-drills-starting-on-monday-ria-idUSKBN26409K | 2020-09-14 |
| On Saturday Lukashenko met his law enforcement officials asking for an update with political in Belarus Belta newsagency reported without providing other details | Negative | MOSCOW Police detained at least 46 protesters on Saturday as thousands of people gathered in the Belarus capital Minsk demanding the release of a jailed opposition leader the latest in a wave of mass protests following a disputed election | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-belarus-election-protests/belarus-police-detain-dozens-of-protesters-at-anti-government-rally-idUSKBN2630LP | 2020-09-13 |
| MOSCOW The Kremlin said on Thursday it respected Serbias decision to withdraw from participating in joint military drills alongside Russian and Belarusian forces that are due to take place in protesthit Belarus later this month | Positive | MOSCOW The Kremlin said on Thursday it respected Serbias decision to withdraw from participating in joint military drills alongside Russian and Belarusian forces that are due to take place in protesthit Belarus later this month | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-election-russia-serbia/russia-says-it-respects-serbias-decision-to-withdraw-from-military-drills-in-belarus-idUSKBN2611H7 | 2020-09-11 |
| Znaks detention leaves Alexievich as the last member of the oppositions Coordination Council still active inside Belarus | Negative | Nobel prizewinning author Svetlana Alexievich accused the authorities in Belarus of terrorising their own people on Wednesday as another opposition politician was detained by masked men in plain clothes | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-belarus-election/nobel-laureate-alexievich-denounces-belarus-terror-as-another-activist-is-detained-idUSKBN2600WU | 2020-09-10 |
| Russian loans already account for of external funding for Belarus ratings agency Fitch estimates with the rest sourced from Europe and China | Positive | MOSCOW Russias prime finance minister have countrys biggest state lenders to ensure liquidity continues to flow to banks in Belarus where a political crisis has increased strains on the financial sector banking sources said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-election-russia-banks-exclusi/exclusive-russian-government-tells-state-banks-to-ensure-liquidity-flow-to-belarus-lenders-idUSKBN260222 | 2020-09-10 |
| MOSCOW Russias prime finance minister have countrys biggest state lenders to ensure liquidity continues to flow to banks in Belarus where a political crisis has increased strains on the financial sector banking sources said | Negative | MOSCOW Russias prime finance minister have countrys biggest state lenders to ensure liquidity continues to flow to banks in Belarus where a political crisis has increased strains on the financial sector banking sources said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-election-russia-banks-exclusi/exclusive-russian-government-tells-state-banks-to-ensure-liquidity-flow-to-belarus-lenders-idUSKBN260222 | 2020-09-10 |
| Fitch Ratings senior director Olga Ignatieva estimates that Belarusian banks owe | Neutral | MOSCOW Russias prime finance minister have countrys biggest state lenders to ensure liquidity continues to flow to banks in Belarus where a political crisis has increased strains on the financial sector banking sources said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-election-russia-banks-exclusi/exclusive-russian-government-tells-state-banks-to-ensure-liquidity-flow-to-belarus-lenders-idUSKBN260222 | 2020-09-10 |
| The toplevel instructions are another sign of Moscows support for embattled Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko who has faced weeks of protests following a disputed Aug | Negative | MOSCOW Russias prime finance minister have countrys biggest state lenders to ensure liquidity continues to flow to banks in Belarus where a political crisis has increased strains on the financial sector banking sources said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-election-russia-banks-exclusi/exclusive-russian-government-tells-state-banks-to-ensure-liquidity-flow-to-belarus-lenders-idUSKBN260222 | 2020-09-10 |
| There have been a lot of losses with Ukraine but Belarus is a different said a third source a senior banker at a Russian state lender | Negative | MOSCOW Russias prime finance minister have countrys biggest state lenders to ensure liquidity continues to flow to banks in Belarus where a political crisis has increased strains on the financial sector banking sources said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-election-russia-banks-exclusi/exclusive-russian-government-tells-state-banks-to-ensure-liquidity-flow-to-belarus-lenders-idUSKBN260222 | 2020-09-10 |
| VTB said it had not revised its funding lines with Belarus and its unit there | Negative | MOSCOW Russias prime finance minister have countrys biggest state lenders to ensure liquidity continues to flow to banks in Belarus where a political crisis has increased strains on the financial sector banking sources said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-election-russia-banks-exclusi/exclusive-russian-government-tells-state-banks-to-ensure-liquidity-flow-to-belarus-lenders-idUSKBN260222 | 2020-09-10 |
| Lukashenko who has crushed dissent in Belarus for the past 26 years conceded in his interview with Russian journalists that he may have held onto power too long | Negative | KYIV Belarusian authorities drove prominent opposition leader Maria Kolesnikova to the border with Ukraine on Tuesday a day after she was snatched from the street in Minsk but she tore up her passport so they could not force her to cross two of her allies said | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-belarus-election/belarusian-protest-leader-ripped-up-passport-to-avoid-expulsion-allies-say-idUSKBN25Z0YW | 2020-09-09 |
| Three Belarusian opposition politicians including protest leader Maria Kolesnikova who disappeared on Monday have passed border control at the BelarusianUkrainian border an official of the Belarusian border guard service said | Negative | Three Belarusian opposition politicians including protest leader Maria Kolesnikova who disappeared on Monday have passed border control at the BelarusianUkrainian border an official of the Belarusian border guard service said | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-belarus-election-kolesnikova/belarusian-protest-leader-and-allies-cross-border-into-ukraine-official-says-idUSKBN25Z0NF | 2020-09-08 |
| BRUSSELS The European Commission is deeply concerned with continued repressions against the opposition in Belarus as completely and the 27nation bloc will impose sanctions on the people responsible a spokesman said on Monday | Negative | BRUSSELS The European Commission is deeply concerned with continued repressions against the opposition in Belarus as completely and the 27nation bloc will impose sanctions on the people responsible a spokesman said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-belarus-election-eu-commission/eu-deeply-concerned-with-belarus-repressions-plans-sanctions-idUSKBN25Y138 | 2020-09-08 |
| The five students were released from police custody later on Friday after being charged with taking part in illegal protests according to social media posts and Belarusian media outlets | Positive | MOSCOW Belarusian police arrested five university students in the capital Minsk on Friday human rights activists said and videos posted on social media showed chaotic scenes of those detained being dragged away by officers through crowded corridors | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-belarus-election-protests/police-drag-belarus-students-from-university-building-arrest-five-rights-group-says-idUSKBN25V1UB | 2020-09-05 |
| We ask the United Nations to condemn the use of excessive force by the Belarusian security services against protesters | Negative | WASHINGTON Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya called on the United Nations on Friday to condemn the crackdown by President Alexander Lukashenko on protesters who charge he rigged his reelection victory last month | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-belarus-election-un/belarus-opposition-leader-calls-for-u-n-monitoring-mission-idUSKBN25V242 | 2020-09-05 |
| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday the United States and European partners were together reviewing imposing targeted sanctions on anyone involved in human rights abuses in Belarus | Negative | WASHINGTON Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya called on the United Nations on Friday to condemn the crackdown by President Alexander Lukashenko on protesters who charge he rigged his reelection victory last month | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-belarus-election-un/belarus-opposition-leader-calls-for-u-n-monitoring-mission-idUSKBN25V242 | 2020-09-05 |
| In August Morawiecki said Russia should not intervene militarily in Belarus under the pretence of restoring order there | Negative | WARSAW Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki suggested on Thursday that Russia was a hostile after Germany said that Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was poisoned with a Sovietstyle Novichok nerve agent | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-poland/polands-pm-suggests-russia-is-hostile-regime-after-navalny-case-idUSKBN25U2D2 | 2020-09-04 |
| The country is working although many especially our neighbors would like us to Lukashenko said referring to the European Union states bordering Belarus | Neutral | MOSCOW Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko promoted hardline loyalists to top posts in his security apparatus on Thursday in an effort to strengthen his grip on the former Soviet republic after weeks of mass protests and strikes | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-belarus-election/belarusian-leader-reshuffles-security-chiefs-in-face-of-mass-protests-idUSKBN25U1I0 | 2020-09-04 |
| In a statement the Council of the Bishops Conferences of Europe called on Thursday for Kondrusiewiczs immediate return and a commitment to dialogue to resolve the crisis in Belarus | Negative | VATICAN CITY Sept 3 Roman Catholic bishops urged Belaruss leader Alexander Lukashenko on Thursday to let its most senior cleric come back into the country | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/belarus-election-archbishop/european-bishops-demand-belarus-allow-return-of-catholic-leader-idUSL8N2G04XF | 2020-09-04 |
| Human rights experts from the United Nations said this week they had received reports of hundreds of cases of torture beatings and mistreatment of Belarusian protesters by police | Negative | MOSCOW Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko promoted hardline loyalists to top posts in his security apparatus on Thursday in an effort to strengthen his grip on the former Soviet republic after weeks of mass protests and strikes | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-belarus-election/belarusian-leader-reshuffles-security-chiefs-in-face-of-mass-protests-idUSKBN25U1I0 | 2020-09-04 |
| Kondrusiewicz 74 is the most senior Catholic prelate in Belarus and is a citizen of the former Soviet republic | Neutral | VATICAN CITY Sept 3 Roman Catholic bishops urged Belaruss leader Alexander Lukashenko on Thursday to let its most senior cleric come back into the country | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/belarus-election-archbishop/european-bishops-demand-belarus-allow-return-of-catholic-leader-idUSL8N2G04XF | 2020-09-04 |
| VILNIUS U.S. troops and tanks will arrive in Lithuania on Friday for a twomonth deployment near the Belarus border but the government said the move was not a message to its Russianbacked neighbor where protests continue over a disputed election | Positive | VILNIUS U.S. troops and tanks will arrive in Lithuania on Friday for a twomonth deployment near the Belarus border but the government said the move was not a message to its Russianbacked neighbor where protests continue over a disputed election | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-belarus-election-us-lithuania/u-s-troops-to-start-extended-exercises-in-lithuania-amid-tensions-over-belarus-idUSKBN25U1W6 | 2020-09-04 |
| Pope Francis has called for respect for justice and a rejection of violence in Belarus | Negative | VATICAN CITY Sept 3 Roman Catholic bishops urged Belaruss leader Alexander Lukashenko on Thursday to let its most senior cleric come back into the country | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/belarus-election-archbishop/european-bishops-demand-belarus-allow-return-of-catholic-leader-idUSL8N2G04XF | 2020-09-04 |
| Karoblis said earlier this month that there was a real danger Russia would send forces to Belarus | Negative | VILNIUS U.S. troops and tanks will arrive in Lithuania on Friday for a twomonth deployment near the Belarus border but the government said the move was not a message to its Russianbacked neighbor where protests continue over a disputed election | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-belarus-election-us-lithuania/u-s-troops-to-start-extended-exercises-in-lithuania-amid-tensions-over-belarus-idUSKBN25U1W6 | 2020-09-04 |
| Moscow would respond firmly and with to any attempts to destabilize Belarus or loosen its strong ties to Russia he said | Negative | MOSCOW Belarus will impose travel bans on senior officials in Latvia Lithuania and Estonia in retaliation for measures targeting its own officials the foreign minister said on Wednesday as Russia stepped up support for the Belarusian government | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-belarus-election/belarus-to-hit-baltics-with-sanctions-russia-steps-up-support-idUSKBN25T2FT | 2020-09-03 |
| Standing alongside Makei Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov offered Lukashenko strong support and said Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin would visit Belarus for talks on Thursday | Negative | MOSCOW Belarus will impose travel bans on senior officials in Latvia Lithuania and Estonia in retaliation for measures targeting its own officials the foreign minister said on Wednesday as Russia stepped up support for the Belarusian government | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-belarus-election/belarus-to-hit-baltics-with-sanctions-russia-steps-up-support-idUSKBN25T2FT | 2020-09-03 |
| For us this is absolutely he said warning Minsk would impose sanctions on any other countries who put sanctions on Belarus | Negative | MOSCOW Belarus will impose travel bans on senior officials in Latvia Lithuania and Estonia in retaliation for measures targeting its own officials the foreign minister said on Wednesday as Russia stepped up support for the Belarusian government | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-belarus-election/belarus-to-hit-baltics-with-sanctions-russia-steps-up-support-idUSKBN25T2FT | 2020-09-03 |
| Russia has signalled its willingness to prop up Lukashenkos government and the two countries are discussing the refinancing of Belarusian debt Interfax news agency reported | Negative | Thousands of students boycotted the start of the school year in Belarus on Tuesday and signs of a possible rift appeared in an opposition alliance that has led weeks of rallies and protests against veteran President Alexander Lukashenko | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-belarus-election/new-protests-in-belarus-as-opposition-squabbles-u-s-weighs-sanctions-idUSKBN25S4HL | 2020-09-02 |
| WASHINGTON The United States is considering imposing sanctions on seven Belarusians it believes were involved in falsifying the results of the Aug | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States is considering imposing sanctions on seven Belarusians it believes were involved in falsifying the results of the Aug | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-belarus-election-usa-sanctions-exclus/exclusive-u-s-considers-sanctions-on-belarusians-for-election-fraud-violence-against-protesters-idUSKBN25S5JU | 2020-09-02 |
| While the U.S. official did not name the seven Belarusians Washington may sanction he did say that five of them were sanctioned by Estonia Latvia and Lithuania on Monday | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States is considering imposing sanctions on seven Belarusians it believes were involved in falsifying the results of the Aug | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-belarus-election-usa-sanctions-exclus/exclusive-u-s-considers-sanctions-on-belarusians-for-election-fraud-violence-against-protesters-idUSKBN25S5JU | 2020-09-02 |
| MOSCOW Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Tuesday that he was ready to reroute Belarusian cargo from Baltic ports to Russian ports in response to sanctions imposed by Lithuania Latvia and Estonia the Belta news agency reported | Negative | MOSCOW Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Tuesday that he was ready to reroute Belarusian cargo from Baltic ports to Russian ports in response to sanctions imposed by Lithuania Latvia and Estonia the Belta news agency reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-election-russia-baltic/lukashenko-considers-re-routing-belarusian-cargo-after-sanctions-belta-idUSKBN25S4JZ | 2020-09-02 |
| MOSCOW Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will hold talks with his Belarusian counterpart Vladimir Makei in Moscow on Wednesday the Interfax news agency reported in the wake of a disputed election that has sparked protests and strikes in Belarus | Negative | MOSCOW Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will hold talks with his Belarusian counterpart Vladimir Makei in Moscow on Wednesday the Interfax news agency reported in the wake of a disputed election that has sparked protests and strikes in Belarus | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-election-russia-ministers/russian-belarusian-foreign-ministers-to-hold-talks-in-moscow-on-wednesday-ifax-idUSKBN25R1SG | 2020-09-01 |
| The European Union is gearing up to impose new sanctions on Belarus | Negative | Belarusians chanting Happy Birthday you and flying redandwhite opposition flags gathered near President Alexander Lukashenkos residence on Sunday as protesters kept up pressure on the veteran leader to resign before dispersing peacefully | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-belarus-election/protesters-crowd-minsk-as-belarus-leader-gets-birthday-call-from-putin-idUSKBN25Q0GK | 2020-08-31 |
| MOSCOW Aug 28 The Russian rouble firmed on Friday recovering from multimonth lows but its gains were capped by geopolitical risks related to the crisis in Belarus and the suspected poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny | Negative | Rouble up from multimonth lows | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/russia-markets/update-1-russian-rouble-regains-ground-with-an-eye-on-geopolitical-risks-idUSL8N2FU3NU | 2020-08-29 |
| The rouble tumbled this week after Russian President Vladimir Putin said the Kremlin had set up a reserve police to support Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko | Negative | Rouble up from multimonth lows | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/russia-markets/update-1-russian-rouble-regains-ground-with-an-eye-on-geopolitical-risks-idUSL8N2FU3NU | 2020-08-29 |
| What would our credibility be in handling Belarus if we did not react to attacks on the sovereignty of our own | Positive | PARIS French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday that he had taken a tough stance over the summer with regard to Turkeys actions in the eastern Mediterranean setting red lines because Ankara respects actions not words | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-france-macron-turkey/frances-macron-says-he-set-red-lines-with-turkey-in-eastern-mediterranean-idUSKBN25O2OO | 2020-08-29 |
| We want to engage Russia in a dialogue on Belarus and for Russia to help us convince President Lukashenko of the need for OSCE mediation | Positive | PARIS French President Emmanuel Macron held a broadranging question answer session with journalists on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-france-macron-highlights-factbox/highlights-of-macrons-remarks-in-end-of-summer-news-conference-idUSKBN25O2P0 | 2020-08-29 |
| Where would our credibility be in getting involved with Belarus if we do not react to challenges against the sovereignty of our own | Neutral | PARIS French President Emmanuel Macron held a broadranging question answer session with journalists on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-france-macron-highlights-factbox/highlights-of-macrons-remarks-in-end-of-summer-news-conference-idUSKBN25O2P0 | 2020-08-29 |
| Belarus rouble falls to fresh record lows but bonds recover with rouble gains adds detail on Belarus | Negative | Russian rouble recovers vs dollar from lowest since April | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/russia-markets/update-3-russian-rouble-up-from-lows-in-jittery-trade-eyes-on-belarus-and-navalny-idUSL8N2FT2MJ | 2020-08-28 |
| Putin says ready to help Belarus leader if needed | Negative | Russian rouble recovers vs dollar from lowest since April | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/russia-markets/update-3-russian-rouble-up-from-lows-in-jittery-trade-eyes-on-belarus-and-navalny-idUSL8N2FT2MJ | 2020-08-28 |
| Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday the Kremlin had set up a police force to support Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko at his request although it would not be deployed unless unrest there spun out of control | Negative | Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday the Kremlin had set up a police force to support Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko at his request although it would not be deployed unless unrest there spun out of control | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-belarus-election-russia/putin-says-russia-has-set-up-force-to-aid-belarus-leader-if-needed-idUSKBN25N1Q3 | 2020-08-28 |
| The rouble tumbled after President Vladimir Putin said in a televised interview the Kremlin had set up a reserve police to support Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko | Negative | Russian rouble recovers vs dollar from lowest since April | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/russia-markets/update-3-russian-rouble-up-from-lows-in-jittery-trade-eyes-on-belarus-and-navalny-idUSL8N2FT2MJ | 2020-08-28 |
| We have of course certain obligations towards Belarus and the question Lukashenko raised was whether we would provide the necessary Putin told state television | Negative | Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday the Kremlin had set up a police force to support Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko at his request although it would not be deployed unless unrest there spun out of control | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-belarus-election-russia/putin-says-russia-has-set-up-force-to-aid-belarus-leader-if-needed-idUSKBN25N1Q3 | 2020-08-28 |
| MOSCOW The Belarusian oppositions Coordination Council said on Thursday it was unacceptable for Russia to have set up armed forces of any kind for use in Belarus | Negative | MOSCOW The Belarusian oppositions Coordination Council said on Thursday it was unacceptable for Russia to have set up armed forces of any kind for use in Belarus | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-election-russia-council/belarus-opposition-says-russia-reserve-force-creation-unacceptable-idUSKBN25N2DX | 2020-08-28 |
| MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that a group of Russians who were detained in Belarus prior to its Aug | Negative | MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that a group of Russians who were detained in Belarus prior to its Aug | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-election-russia-putin/putin-says-alleged-mercenaries-were-lured-to-belarus-by-foreign-spy-operation-idUSKBN25N1N5 | 2020-08-28 |
| MOSCOW Aug 26 The rouble hit its lowest levels since early 2016 against the euro on Wednesday battered by concerns that Moscows ties with the West may deteriorate further over the alleged poisoning of an opposition leader and the crisis in Belarus | Negative | Russian rouble weighed down by political concerns | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/russia-markets/update-4-rouble-sinks-to-4-1-2-year-low-vs-euro-on-navalny-belarus-concerns-idUSL8N2FS1UX | 2020-08-27 |
| MOSCOW A Russian government plane which is used to carry senior government officials including the head of the FSB security service landed in the Belarusian capital Minsk on Wednesday flight tracking data showed | Negative | MOSCOW A Russian government plane which is used to carry senior government officials including the head of the FSB security service landed in the Belarusian capital Minsk on Wednesday flight tracking data showed | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-election-russia-airplane/russian-government-plane-makes-second-belarus-flight-in-a-week-tracking-data-idUSKBN25M2CO | 2020-08-27 |
| The planes flights to Belarus a Russian ally coincide with waves of protests and strikes over what Belarusian demonstrators say was a rigged presidential election on Aug | Negative | MOSCOW A Russian government plane which is used to carry senior government officials including the head of the FSB security service landed in the Belarusian capital Minsk on Wednesday flight tracking data showed | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-election-russia-airplane/russian-government-plane-makes-second-belarus-flight-in-a-week-tracking-data-idUSKBN25M2CO | 2020-08-27 |
| MOSCOW Russias foreign ministry said on Tuesday it had warned the United States and European Union against imposing sanctions on its ally Belarus and interfering in its internal affairs | Negative | MOSCOW Russias foreign ministry said on Tuesday it had warned the United States and European Union against imposing sanctions on its ally Belarus and interfering in its internal affairs | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-usa/russia-warns-u-s-eu-against-belarus-sanctions-interference-idUSKBN25L23L | 2020-08-26 |
| The crisis in neighbouring Belarus has raised concerns that Moscow could offer a helping hand to longstanding Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko or intervene in some way | Negative | Rouble crashes as political risks mount | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/russia-markets/update-3-russian-rouble-dives-more-than-1-slammed-by-political-risks-idUSL8N2FR5XQ | 2020-08-26 |
| MOSCOW U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun will travel to Moscow on Tuesday and hold talks with senior Russian officials about the crisis in Belarus arms control and North Korea U.S. Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan said | Positive | MOSCOW U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun will travel to Moscow on Tuesday and hold talks with senior Russian officials about the crisis in Belarus arms control and North Korea U.S. Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-election-usa-russia/no-2-u-s-diplomat-to-discuss-belarus-in-talks-in-russia-on-tuesday-envoy-idUSKBN25K1H0 | 2020-08-25 |
| MOSCOW Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Sunday that it would be impossible to prove that Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko did not win an Aug | Negative | MOSCOW Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Sunday that it would be impossible to prove that Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko did not win an Aug | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-election-russia-lukashenko/russias-lavrov-says-no-way-to-prove-belarus-leader-lukashenko-did-not-win-vote-ifax-idUSKBN25J0FM | 2020-08-24 |
| MOSCOW Moscow considers reform of the Belarusian constitution a viable solution to the countrys political crisis Russian news agencies reported foreign minister Sergei Lavrov as saying on Sunday | Positive | MOSCOW Moscow considers reform of the Belarusian constitution a viable solution to the countrys political crisis Russian news agencies reported foreign minister Sergei Lavrov as saying on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-election-russia-lavrov/moscow-believes-belarus-constitutional-reform-could-resolve-crisis-russian-news-agencies-idUSKBN25J0EA | 2020-08-24 |
| Russian President Vladimir Putin whose country has close ties with Belarus had not been in touch and Tsikhanouskaya said she would not attempt to reach him herself | Negative | VILNIUS Exiled Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya sees herself as a symbol of change whose role is to help deliver new elections as President Alexander Lukashenko will have to quit sooner or later she told Reuters on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-belarus-election-tsikhanouskaya/belarusian-opposition-leader-sees-herself-as-a-symbol-of-change-idUSKBN25I0G4 | 2020-08-23 |
| Tsikhanouskaya said that Lukashenkos authority was badly damaged and that things would be different in Belarus even if he managed to cling to power for now | Negative | VILNIUS Exiled Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya sees herself as a symbol of change whose role is to help deliver new elections as President Alexander Lukashenko will have to quit sooner or later she told Reuters on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-belarus-election-tsikhanouskaya/belarusian-opposition-leader-sees-herself-as-a-symbol-of-change-idUSKBN25I0G4 | 2020-08-23 |
| WASHINGTON The number two U.S. diplomat will visit Russia and Lithuania soon for talks on Belarus two sources familiar with the matter said on Friday as Washington seeks a peaceful resolution to that countrys election crisis that averts Russian intervention | Positive | WASHINGTON The number two U.S. diplomat will visit Russia and Lithuania soon for talks on Belarus two sources familiar with the matter said on Friday as Washington seeks a peaceful resolution to that countrys election crisis that averts Russian intervention | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-belarus-election-usa-exclusive/exclusive-no-2-u-s-diplomat-to-visit-russia-lithuania-to-discuss-belarus-idUSKBN25H2R6 | 2020-08-22 |
| Aug 21 Turkeys lira bounced on Friday ahead of President Tayyip Erdogans speech widely anticipated to be on a gas discovery in the Black Sea while Russias rouble slipped as investors were wary of geopolitical tensions with neighboring Belarus | Neutral | Aug 21 Turkeys lira bounced on Friday ahead of President Tayyip Erdogans speech widely anticipated to be on a gas discovery in the Black Sea while Russias rouble slipped as investors were wary of geopolitical tensions with neighboring Belarus | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/emerging-markets/emerging-markets-turkeys-lira-rises-ahead-of-erdogans-good-news-rouble-falls-idUSL8N2FN25G | 2020-08-22 |
| The second source said he did not know Bieguns planned message but thought he would aim to prevent further violence in Belarus or Russian intervention | Negative | WASHINGTON The number two U.S. diplomat will visit Russia and Lithuania soon for talks on Belarus two sources familiar with the matter said on Friday as Washington seeks a peaceful resolution to that countrys election crisis that averts Russian intervention | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-belarus-election-usa-exclusive/exclusive-no-2-u-s-diplomat-to-visit-russia-lithuania-to-discuss-belarus-idUSKBN25H2R6 | 2020-08-22 |
| MOSCOW Belarusian politician Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya who has led the biggest challenge to Alexander Lukashenkos 26year rule of Belarus said in an interview aired on Friday that would not run for the presidency if the country holds new elections | Positive | MOSCOW Belarusian politician Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya who has led the biggest challenge to Alexander Lukashenkos 26year rule of Belarus said in an interview aired on Friday that would not run for the presidency if the country holds new elections | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-election-tsikhanouskaya/tsikhanouskaya-says-she-would-not-seek-belarus-presidency-if-new-elections-held-idUSKBN25H2O9 | 2020-08-22 |
| MOSCOW Aug 21 The Russian rouble fell to multimonth lows on Friday after Moscow said it was ready to help neighbouring Belarus resolve its internal political crisis if it is asked for help | Negative | Rouble falls amid geopolitical concerns | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/russia-markets/update-3-rouble-falls-sharply-as-moscow-says-ready-to-help-belarus-if-asked-idUSL8N2FN321 | 2020-08-22 |
| The rouble has come under pressure this month as Belarus has been rocked by demonstrations against its leadership raising fears that Moscow may somehow become involved | Negative | Rouble falls amid geopolitical concerns | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/russia-markets/update-3-rouble-falls-sharply-as-moscow-says-ready-to-help-belarus-if-asked-idUSL8N2FN321 | 2020-08-22 |
| The incident coincides with a political crisis in Belarus a close Russian ally and comes ahead of regional Russian elections next month | Negative | MOSCOW Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was fighting for his life in a Siberian hospital on Thursday after drinking tea that his allies believe was laced with poison | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny/putin-critic-navalny-fights-for-life-aides-suspect-poisoning-idUSKBN25G0F9 | 2020-08-21 |
| BOGOTA Colombian President Ivan Duque said on Thursday that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduros administration is looking to buy Iranian missiles and is handing over weapons made in Russia and Belarus to Colombian armed groups | Negative | BOGOTA Colombian President Ivan Duque said on Thursday that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduros administration is looking to buy Iranian missiles and is handing over weapons made in Russia and Belarus to Colombian armed groups | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-colombia-venezuela/venezuela-looking-to-buy-iranian-missiles-colombian-president-says-idUSKBN25G29E | 2020-08-21 |
| WASHINGTON Aug 20 The United States backs independent international examinations of electoral in Belarus presidential election U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday while implicitly warning Russia against intervening in the crisis | Negative | lede adds quotes | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/belarus-election-usa-pompeo/update-2-pompeo-says-u-s-supports-international-probe-of-belarus-election-idUSL1N2FM1A2 | 2020-08-21 |
| Pompeo last week said the United States may consider sanctions on Belarusian officials involved in the crackdown a step the European Union took on Wednesday | Negative | lede adds quotes | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/belarus-election-usa-pompeo/update-2-pompeo-says-u-s-supports-international-probe-of-belarus-election-idUSL1N2FM1A2 | 2020-08-21 |
| This is about the Belarusian people and their legitimate right to determine the future path of their said the head of the EUs executive Commission Ursula von der Leyen | Positive | Hundreds of Belarusian protesters gathered in Minsk on Wednesday evening defying a new order from President Alexander Lukashenko to his police to clear the streets of the capital after a week and a half of rallies against his rule | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-belarus-election/belarusian-protesters-defy-lukashenko-eu-announces-sanctions-idUSKCN25F0LQ | 2020-08-20 |
| The brave citizens of Belarus are showing their voices will not be silenced by terror or he tweeted adding that Russia Belaruss giant neighbour should not interfere | Positive | Hundreds of Belarusian protesters gathered in Minsk on Wednesday evening defying a new order from President Alexander Lukashenko to his police to clear the streets of the capital after a week and a half of rallies against his rule | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-belarus-election/belarusian-protesters-defy-lukashenko-eu-announces-sanctions-idUSKCN25F0LQ | 2020-08-20 |
| EU officials say the situation differs from Ukraine in 2014 not least because the Belarus opposition does not seek to loosen ties with Russia only to get rid of Lukashenko | Neutral | Hundreds of Belarusian protesters gathered in Minsk on Wednesday evening defying a new order from President Alexander Lukashenko to his police to clear the streets of the capital after a week and a half of rallies against his rule | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-belarus-election/belarusian-protesters-defy-lukashenko-eu-announces-sanctions-idUSKCN25F0LQ | 2020-08-20 |
| MOSCOW Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday there was no need for outside mediation over the unrest in Belarus and accused foreign powers of using the crisis to interfere in Belarus Russias TASS and Interfax news agencies reported | Negative | MOSCOW Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday there was no need for outside mediation over the unrest in Belarus and accused foreign powers of using the crisis to interfere in Belarus Russias TASS and Interfax news agencies reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-election-russia-mediation/russia-says-no-need-for-mediation-in-belarus-accuses-foreign-powers-of-meddling-idUSKCN25F17V | 2020-08-20 |
| MINSK For theatre director Pavel Latushko the sight of detainees emerging from prison with bruises and complaining of punishment beatings convinced him to join mass protests against the Belarus government he once represented | Negative | MINSK For theatre director Pavel Latushko the sight of detainees emerging from prison with bruises and complaining of punishment beatings convinced him to join mass protests against the Belarus government he once represented | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-belarus-election-theatre/belarus-sacked-director-for-backing-protests-his-actors-promptly-resigned-idUSKCN25E29I | 2020-08-19 |
| VILNIUS NATO member Lithuania said on on Sunday it does not pose a military threat to its neighbour Belarus after Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko accused NATO of massing on his countrys western border | Negative | VILNIUS NATO member Lithuania said on on Sunday it does not pose a military threat to its neighbour Belarus after Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko accused NATO of massing on his countrys western border | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-belarus-election-lithuania-military/lithuania-says-it-does-not-pose-threat-to-belarus-idUSKCN25C0FX | 2020-08-17 |
| MINSK Belarusian opposition politician Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya said on Monday she was ready to lead Belarus and called for the creation of a legal mechanism to ensure that a new fair presidential election could be held | Positive | MINSK Belarusian opposition politician Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya said on Monday she was ready to lead Belarus and called for the creation of a legal mechanism to ensure that a new fair presidential election could be held | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-belarus-election/belarusian-opposition-politician-tsikhanouskaya-says-she-is-ready-to-lead-nation-idUSKCN25D0IJ | 2020-08-17 |
| Shushkevich dismissed the idea of Russia sending in troops to prop up Lukashenko saying Belarus has many more soldiers per capita than other countries | Negative | MOSCOW The first leader of independent Belarus who helped oversee the Soviet breakup said on Sunday President Alexander Lukashenko had been badly shaken by the biggest push to oust him in 26 years but that he could still hang onto power with Kremlin backing | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-election-russia-power/first-leader-of-belarus-says-lukashenko-may-still-cling-to-power-with-kremlin-help-idUSKCN25C0P2 | 2020-08-17 |
| The Kremlin said in the same statement that external pressure was being applied to Belarus | Negative | MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin told Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko in a phone call on Sunday that Moscow stood ready to provide help in accordance with a collective military pact if necessary the Kremlin said in a statement | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-election-russia/putin-tells-belarusian-leader-lukashenko-russia-ready-to-help-militarily-if-necessary-idUSKCN25C0EL | 2020-08-17 |
| The European Union is gearing up to impose new sanctions on Belarus in response to a violent crackdown in which at least two protesters have been killed and thousands detained | Negative | Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said he had secured a pledge from Russia to provide comprehensive assistance if needed to ensure the security of his country in a phone call with President Vladimir Putin on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-belarus-election/battling-protests-lukashenko-says-putin-agreed-to-help-security-of-belarus-idUSKCN25B0E0 | 2020-08-16 |
| We note unprecedented pressure that is being exerted by individual foreign partners on the Belarusian Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said | Negative | MOSCOW Russia said on Thursday it was concerned by the situation in Belarus and said there were attempts by outside forces to meddle in and destabilise the country following Sundays contested election | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-election-russia-concern/russia-says-outside-forces-trying-to-destabilise-belarus-idUSKCN2591X9 | 2020-08-14 |
| Russia which has nudged Lukashenko into accepting closer political and economic ties expressed concern over what it depicted as attempts by external forces to destabilise Belarus | Negative | MINSK An ally of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko issued a rare public apology on Thursday in a bid to quell nationwide street protests that pose the biggest challenge to the strongman leaders 26year rule | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-belarus-election/we-dont-need-war-belarus-leadership-says-sorry-in-bid-to-quell-protests-idUSKCN25925Z | 2020-08-14 |
| MOSCOW Russia said on Thursday it was concerned by the situation in Belarus and said there were attempts by outside forces to meddle in and destabilise the country following Sundays contested election | Negative | MOSCOW Russia said on Thursday it was concerned by the situation in Belarus and said there were attempts by outside forces to meddle in and destabilise the country following Sundays contested election | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-election-russia-concern/russia-says-outside-forces-trying-to-destabilise-belarus-idUSKCN2591X9 | 2020-08-14 |
| MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin said on Monday he wanted neighbouring Belarus to reactivate stalled plans for more integration with Russia after a contested election win left Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko an onoff Russian ally on the defensive | Negative | MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin said on Monday he wanted neighbouring Belarus to reactivate stalled plans for more integration with Russia after a contested election win left Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko an onoff Russian ally on the defensive | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-election-russia/putin-pushes-for-more-integration-with-belarus-after-election-unrest-idUSKCN2561PP | 2020-08-11 |
| WASHINGTON The United States is concerned about the election in Belarus and urges the government to refrain from use of force the White House said on Monday amid clashes with protesters in that country | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States is concerned about the election in Belarus and urges the government to refrain from use of force the White House said on Monday amid clashes with protesters in that country | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-belarus-election-usa/u-s-deeply-concerned-by-belarus-election-clashes-white-house-idUSKCN2562B1 | 2020-08-11 |
| He is moving to Minsk the Belarussian capital nearly 6000 km away and hopes to represent Belarus internationally | Positive | IRKUTSK Russia With his career on the line Russian pole vaulter Matvey Volkov left his home in Siberia this week for Belarus a country he hopes will allow him to compete internationally without any restrictions | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-sport-doping-russia-belarus/athletics-russian-junior-pole-vaulter-pins-hopes-on-belarus-for-international-career-idUSKCN2520ZH | 2020-08-10 |
| Russia said on Thursday that the men who it described as employees of a private security firm had stayed in Belarus after missing their connecting flight to Istanbul | Negative | A dispute between Moscow and Minsk over the detention of more than 30 men who Belarus accused of being Russian mercenaries deepened on Saturday as the two sides contradicted each other about the groups plans | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-belarus-election-russia-mercenaries/russia-and-belarus-at-odds-over-arrest-of-suspected-mercenaries-idUSKBN24X3O3 | 2020-08-02 |
| He said there had been no agreement with Russia for the men to be in the country while adding that Belarus is open to cooperate with Russia on the issue | Negative | A dispute between Moscow and Minsk over the detention of more than 30 men who Belarus accused of being Russian mercenaries deepened on Saturday as the two sides contradicted each other about the groups plans | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-belarus-election-russia-mercenaries/russia-and-belarus-at-odds-over-arrest-of-suspected-mercenaries-idUSKBN24X3O3 | 2020-08-02 |
| MINSK Belarus and Ukraine have agreed to beef up their border controls and expand border cooperation after Belarus detained more than 30 alleged Russian mercenaries near Minsk ahead of Belarus presidential election the Belarusian foreign ministry said | Positive | MINSK Belarus and Ukraine have agreed to beef up their border controls and expand border cooperation after Belarus detained more than 30 alleged Russian mercenaries near Minsk ahead of Belarus presidential election the Belarusian foreign ministry said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-election-russia-border/belarus-ukraine-beef-up-border-controls-after-detention-of-alleged-russian-mercenaries-idUSKCN24V1CO | 2020-07-31 |
| MOSCOW Russias ambassador to Belarus said on Thursday he had been summoned to the foreign ministry after Belarusian security forces detained more than 30 suspected Russian mercenaries near Minsk the RIA news agency reported | Negative | MOSCOW Russias ambassador to Belarus said on Thursday he had been summoned to the foreign ministry after Belarusian security forces detained more than 30 suspected Russian mercenaries near Minsk the RIA news agency reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-election-russia-envoy/belarus-summons-russian-envoy-after-detaining-suspected-mercenaries-ria-idUSKCN24V0RK | 2020-07-31 |
| It will begin offering free and subscription services in 13 new markets which include Albania Belarus Bosnia Herzegovina Croatia Kazakhstan Kosovo Moldavia Montenegro North Macedonia Serbia Slovenia and Ukraine | Positive | It will begin offering free and subscription services in 13 new markets which include Albania Belarus Bosnia Herzegovina Croatia Kazakhstan Kosovo Moldavia Montenegro North Macedonia Serbia Slovenia and Ukraine | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-spotify-russia/spotify-expands-to-russia-and-12-other-countries-idUSKCN24F2AH | 2020-07-15 |
| Belarus would consider offers from Russian athletes who wish to switch allegiance and compete for the exSoviet republic instead the head of the Belarusian athletics federation said on Wednesday | Positive | Belarus would consider offers from Russian athletes who wish to switch allegiance and compete for the exSoviet republic instead the head of the Belarusian athletics federation said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-athletics-belarus-russia/belarus-would-consider-russian-athletes-who-wish-to-switch-allegiance-idUSKBN2492JQ | 2020-07-09 |
| The first 100000 treatment courses were delivered last month to 35 Russian regions as well as to neighbouring Belarus said the Russian Direct Investment Fund which has promoted the drug | Positive | MOSCOW Russias sovereign wealth fund said on Thursday it will step up the production of the antiviral drug Avifavir an antiinfluenza medicine which the Russian government has granted preliminary approval for treatment of COVID19 patients | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-flights/russian-fund-steps-up-production-of-anti-viral-drug-approved-by-moscow-for-covid-19-idUSKBN2431RW | 2020-07-03 |
| The YamalEurope pipeline stretches 2000 km from Germany through Poland and Belarus to Russia where it joins the 2200 km pipeline to Siberias gasfields | Positive | LONDON Last fall European Space Agency satellites detected huge plumes of the invisible planetwarming gas methane leaking from the Yamal pipeline that carries natural gas from Siberia to Europe | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-climatechange-methane-satellites-insi/satellites-reveal-major-new-gas-industry-methane-leaks-idUSKBN23W3K4 | 2020-06-26 |
| Public television in Poland is more similar to public television in Russia or Belarus than to public television in a democratic said Jan Grabiec | Negative | WARSAW Polish public television has raised the sensitive issue of Jewish property restitution during the countrys presidential campaign by accusing the main opposition candidate Rafal Trzaskowski of putting foreign interests first | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-poland-election-restitution/polish-state-tv-uses-jewish-property-restitution-issue-to-attack-opposition-idUSKBN23M2M5 | 2020-06-16 |
| One Russian woman said she had used the route and that it had not seemed Its just a normal good road and after driving it you end up in Belarus | Negative | MOSCOW Russians are using Belarus as a springboard to travel abroad as their countrys international borders remain largely closed as part of efforts to curb the spread of the new coronavirus transport sector sources say | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-belarus/russians-bypass-coronavirus-travel-ban-via-belarus-say-transport-sources-idUSKBN23H1PF | 2020-06-11 |
| MOSCOW Russians are using Belarus as a springboard to travel abroad as their countrys international borders remain largely closed as part of efforts to curb the spread of the new coronavirus transport sector sources say | Neutral | MOSCOW Russians are using Belarus as a springboard to travel abroad as their countrys international borders remain largely closed as part of efforts to curb the spread of the new coronavirus transport sector sources say | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-belarus/russians-bypass-coronavirus-travel-ban-via-belarus-say-transport-sources-idUSKBN23H1PF | 2020-06-11 |
| Dozens of car and minivan drivers still advertise crossborder shuttle services for both Russian and Belarusian citizens despite Russias formal closure of its borders in March | Positive | MOSCOW Russians are using Belarus as a springboard to travel abroad as their countrys international borders remain largely closed as part of efforts to curb the spread of the new coronavirus transport sector sources say | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-belarus/russians-bypass-coronavirus-travel-ban-via-belarus-say-transport-sources-idUSKBN23H1PF | 2020-06-11 |
| Another who identified himself only as Andrey said of Russians had flown onwards after reaching Belarus | Positive | MOSCOW Russians are using Belarus as a springboard to travel abroad as their countrys international borders remain largely closed as part of efforts to curb the spread of the new coronavirus transport sector sources say | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-belarus/russians-bypass-coronavirus-travel-ban-via-belarus-say-transport-sources-idUSKBN23H1PF | 2020-06-11 |
| The move is mainly aimed at preventing imports from neighbouring Belarus where production of refined products is three times higher than its consumption | Positive | MOSCOW Rare cargoes of diesel from China and South Korea have started to arrive in Russia due to a quirk in Russias tax system which is making fuel shipments from abroad more profitable data from traders and Refinitiv Eikon showed on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-diesel-imports/tax-quirk-sees-russia-buy-diesel-from-china-and-s-korea-idUSKBN22Q29O | 2020-05-15 |
| Russian Imperial Movements members cast themselves as Russian Orthodox nationalists who favor restoring the monarchy and privileging the interests of ethnic Russians Ukrainians and Belarussians | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Monday designated the ultranationalist Russian Imperial Movement group as a terrorist organization in what the State Department called the first such move against a white supremacist group | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-russia-designation/u-s-designates-russian-ultra-nationalist-group-as-terrorist-organization-idUSKBN21O1UQ | 2020-04-07 |
| Transneft did not disclose the volumes it plans to ship to Belarus this month | Negative | MOSCOW Russias oil pipeline monopoly Transneft | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-belarus-oil/russias-transneft-resumes-supplies-to-belarusian-refineries-ifax-idUSKBN21O0MR | 2020-04-07 |
| MOSCOW Russia has settled a monthslong oil supply dispute with Belarus three industry sources told Reuters on Monday as Moscow seeks as many buyers as possible in a fight for market share after a landmark cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia fell apart | Negative | MOSCOW Russia has settled a monthslong oil supply dispute with Belarus three industry sources told Reuters on Monday as Moscow seeks as many buyers as possible in a fight for market share after a landmark cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia fell apart | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-oil-belarus/russia-settles-oil-spat-with-belarus-amid-stand-off-with-saudi-arabia-sources-idUSKBN21A1KH | 2020-03-24 |
| HANOI Vietnam will temporarily suspend visafree travel for citizens of Japan Belarus and Russia from Saturday as its health ministry reported nine more coronavirus cases on Friday bringing total in the country to 85 | Negative | HANOI Vietnam will temporarily suspend visafree travel for citizens of Japan Belarus and Russia from Saturday as its health ministry reported nine more coronavirus cases on Friday bringing total in the country to 85 | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-vietnam/vietnam-expands-foreign-visa-ban-85-coronavirus-cases-in-country-idUSKBN2163EL | 2020-03-20 |
| Vietnam has a free trade agreement with Russia and Belarus while Japan is the second largest source of foreign investment in the country | Positive | HANOI Vietnam will temporarily suspend visafree travel for citizens of Japan Belarus and Russia from Saturday as its health ministry reported nine more coronavirus cases on Friday bringing total in the country to 85 | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-vietnam/vietnam-expands-foreign-visa-ban-85-coronavirus-cases-in-country-idUSKBN2163EL | 2020-03-20 |
| The prices are just a source at a Belarus oil trader told Reuters | Neutral | MOSCOW Saudi Arabia has stepped up efforts to squeeze Russias Urals oil grade out of its main markets by offering its own cheap barrels instead after their longstanding deal to support global oil prices fell apart seven oil sources said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-oil-opec-saudi-russia/saudi-arabia-floods-globe-to-squeeze-russias-share-of-oil-market-sources-idUSKBN20Z2LH | 2020-03-13 |
| Belarus is locked in a row over oil supply with Russia and flows to Belarus slowed dramatically from Jan | Negative | MOSCOW Belarusian state energy company Belneftekhim said on Tuesday that the countrys refineries were currently working at half their capacity and had refined 1 | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-oil-russia-refineries/belarus-says-its-oil-refineries-operating-at-half-capacity-idUSKBN20J1PE | 2020-02-26 |
| MINSK Russia has proposed new terms for future oil supplies to Belarus to partially compensate Minsk for the cost of taxes introduced last year Moscow said on Friday in a sign of potential progress in a twomonth row between the two countries | Positive | MINSK Russia has proposed new terms for future oil supplies to Belarus to partially compensate Minsk for the cost of taxes introduced last year Moscow said on Friday in a sign of potential progress in a twomonth row between the two countries | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-oil-russia/russia-makes-new-proposal-to-belarus-for-oil-supply-terms-idUSKBN20F1FO | 2020-02-22 |
| Russia and Belarus have not reached any firm agreement on the terms of oil supplies to Belarus Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on a conference call | Negative | MINSK Russia has proposed new terms for future oil supplies to Belarus to partially compensate Minsk for the cost of taxes introduced last year Moscow said on Friday in a sign of potential progress in a twomonth row between the two countries | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-oil-russia/russia-makes-new-proposal-to-belarus-for-oil-supply-terms-idUSKBN20F1FO | 2020-02-22 |
| Safmar Group companies Russneft and Neftisa are currently the only suppliers of Russian oil to Belarus forcing Minsk to look for crude from other countries | Neutral | MINSK Russia has proposed new terms for future oil supplies to Belarus to partially compensate Minsk for the cost of taxes introduced last year Moscow said on Friday in a sign of potential progress in a twomonth row between the two countries | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-oil-russia/russia-makes-new-proposal-to-belarus-for-oil-supply-terms-idUSKBN20F1FO | 2020-02-22 |
| The Druzhba pipeline which crosses Belarus territory supplies about 1 million barrels per day of Russian oil to Europe including Poland and Germany | Positive | MINSK Belarus threatened to siphon off oil from Russias transit pipeline to Europe unless Moscow restarted crude supplies and accused the Kremlin on Friday of using energy prices as leverage to try to swallow up its former Soviet neighbor | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-belarus-oil-lukashenko/belarus-to-russia-well-siphon-off-your-transit-oil-to-europe-if-necessary-idUSKBN20823P | 2020-02-15 |
| Another factor in Russias decision is a disagreement with Belarus under which Moscow has halted its 240000 bpd supply of oil to its neighbour | Negative | MOSCOW A growing oil glut in Russia and the promise of a flood of dollars from the sale of a leading bank are strengthening the case for Russia to cut oil output in tandem with OPEC oil sources said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-oil-opec-russia-sberbank/oil-glut-stronger-rouble-strengthen-case-for-russia-to-cut-oil-output-sources-idUSKBN2081Z8 | 2020-02-15 |
| Russia is reallocating oil flows meant for Belarus to other destinations but the upcoming peak in maintenance means it will be flooded with crude an oil trader told Reuters | Neutral | MOSCOW A growing oil glut in Russia and the promise of a flood of dollars from the sale of a leading bank are strengthening the case for Russia to cut oil output in tandem with OPEC oil sources said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-oil-opec-russia-sberbank/oil-glut-stronger-rouble-strengthen-case-for-russia-to-cut-oil-output-sources-idUSKBN2081Z8 | 2020-02-15 |
| MINSK Moscow has hinted at giving Minsk a deal on energy prices in exchange for Belarus joining Russia in a unified state Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Friday the state news agency Belta reported | Positive | MINSK Moscow has hinted at giving Minsk a deal on energy prices in exchange for Belarus joining Russia in a unified state Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Friday the state news agency Belta reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-oil-russia-lukashenko/russia-hints-at-belarus-joining-it-in-a-unified-state-in-exchange-for-oil-deal-lukashenko-idUSKBN20815V | 2020-02-15 |
| The Russian side has agreed that Belarusian refineries will buy oil through agreements with Russian oil companies at prices that are set on the global he was quoted as saying | Positive | MINSK Belarusian refineries will buy Russian crude oil at global prices state news agency Belta cited First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Krutoi as saying on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-russia/belarus-says-it-will-buy-russian-oil-at-global-prices-belta-idUSKBN2030FE | 2020-02-10 |
| Safmar will remain the sole Russian oil supplier to Belarus this month traders told Reuters on Wednesday | Neutral | SOCHI Russia and Belarus will continue talks on oil supplies a senior Kremlin official said after a meeting between their leaders on Friday failed to resolve a politically charged dispute | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-belarus-putin-lukashenko/russia-belarus-to-continue-oil-talks-after-fruitless-summit-idUSKBN2012IM | 2020-02-08 |
| The sources also said that around 400000 tonnes of Russian Urals oil were shipped to Belarus via pipelines in January | Positive | The presidents of Russia and Belarus Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko will meet on Friday the Kremlin said as the oil row between the two rolls into a second month forcing Minsk to look for crude from as far afield as the United States | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-oil-russia-kremlin/russia-belarus-leaders-meet-on-friday-as-oil-row-rolls-on-idUSKBN1ZY0Z2 | 2020-02-05 |
| Russneft and Neftisa were also supplying oil to Belarus by rail sending 100000 tonnes in January | Positive | The presidents of Russia and Belarus Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko will meet on Friday the Kremlin said as the oil row between the two rolls into a second month forcing Minsk to look for crude from as far afield as the United States | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-oil-russia-kremlin/russia-belarus-leaders-meet-on-friday-as-oil-row-rolls-on-idUSKBN1ZY0Z2 | 2020-02-05 |
| Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Friday proposed a meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to resolve a row over oil supplies Belarus state news agency Belta said with Moscows exports to Minsk set to dry up next month | Positive | Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Friday proposed a meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to resolve a row over oil supplies Belarus state news agency Belta said with Moscows exports to Minsk set to dry up next month | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-oil-russia/lukashenko-asks-to-meet-putin-with-russian-oil-supplies-to-belarus-set-to-dry-up-idUSKBN1ZN1H0 | 2020-01-25 |
| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is due to visit Belarus next week in what will be the highest level visit by a U.S. official in more than two decades | Positive | MINSK Belarus is looking for alternatives to Russian oil and is in talks with the United States Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates about supplies President Alexander Lukashenko said on Friday the Belta news agency reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-russia/belarus-touts-u-s-as-possible-alternative-to-russian-oil-belta-idUSKBN1ZN130 | 2020-01-25 |
| Safmar has been the sole Russian oil supplier to refineries in Belarus this month as Moscow and Minsk have failed to agree on terms of sales for 2020 | Negative | MOSCOW Urals crude oil loadings from Primorsk and UstLuga for February 110 were revised upwards by 0 | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-crude/russia-raises-baltic-crude-loadings-on-february-1-10-amid-dispute-over-supply-contract-with-minsk-idUSKBN1ZM2K1 | 2020-01-24 |
| Russian oil giant Lukoil said on Wednesday it has rerouted oil supplies previously intended for Belarus to other destinations the TASS news agency cited Lukoil CEO Vagit Alekperov | Negative | MOSCOW Urals crude oil loadings from Primorsk and UstLuga for February 110 were revised upwards by 0 | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-crude/russia-raises-baltic-crude-loadings-on-february-1-10-amid-dispute-over-supply-contract-with-minsk-idUSKBN1ZM2K1 | 2020-01-24 |
| WASHINGTON The Trump administration is planning to add seven countries Belarus Eritrea Kyrgyzstan Myanmar Nigeria Sudan and Tanzania to its travel ban list U.S. media reports said on Tuesday | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administration is planning to add seven countries Belarus Eritrea Kyrgyzstan Myanmar Nigeria Sudan and Tanzania to its travel ban list U.S. media reports said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-ban/trump-administration-plans-to-add-nigeria-and-six-other-nations-to-travel-ban-list-reports-idUSKBN1ZK2N6 | 2020-01-22 |
| Some 80000 tonnes of Johan Sverdrup oil will be supplied by rail to Belaruss Naftan refinery Belneftekhim said | Negative | MOSCOW Belarus oil company BNK will import crude from Norways Johan Sverdrup field via Lithuanias Klaipeda port this month because of a supply row with Russia Belarus state company Belneftekhim that controls BNK told Reuters on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-oil-russia/belarus-to-import-oil-from-norways-johan-sverdrup-field-belneftekhim-idUSKBN1ZJ1UQ | 2020-01-21 |
| Its quality is very close to Russian Urals crude oil which is supplied to Belarus | Positive | MOSCOW Belarus oil company BNK will import crude from Norways Johan Sverdrup field via Lithuanias Klaipeda port this month because of a supply row with Russia Belarus state company Belneftekhim that controls BNK told Reuters on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-oil-russia/belarus-to-import-oil-from-norways-johan-sverdrup-field-belneftekhim-idUSKBN1ZJ1UQ | 2020-01-21 |
| Contamination in the pipeline was discovered in April 2019 and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko estimated the financial losses sustained amounted to hundreds of millions of dollars | Negative | MOSCOW Belarus and Russia have agreed on an approach and method to compensation over tainted oil in the Druzhba pipeline the RIA news agency said on Monday citing the Belarusian government | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-oil-belarus-druzhba/belarus-and-russia-agree-on-tainted-oil-compensation-approach-ria-cites-belarus-government-idUSKBN1ZJ1HX | 2020-01-21 |
| MOSCOW Belarus oil company BNK will import crude from Norways Johan Sverdrup field via Lithuanias Klaipeda port this month because of a supply row with Russia Belarus state company Belneftekhim that controls BNK told Reuters on Monday | Positive | MOSCOW Belarus oil company BNK will import crude from Norways Johan Sverdrup field via Lithuanias Klaipeda port this month because of a supply row with Russia Belarus state company Belneftekhim that controls BNK told Reuters on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-oil-russia/belarus-to-import-oil-from-norways-johan-sverdrup-field-belneftekhim-idUSKBN1ZJ1UQ | 2020-01-21 |
| MOSCOW Moscow may resort to oil production cuts in case the row with Minsk leads to a stoppage of Russian crude transit to Europe via Belarus Reuters calculations showed on Friday | Negative | MOSCOW Moscow may resort to oil production cuts in case the row with Minsk leads to a stoppage of Russian crude transit to Europe via Belarus Reuters calculations showed on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-oil-belarus-transit-factbox/factbox-russia-faces-oil-delivery-constraints-if-belarus-halts-transit-to-europe-idUSKBN1ZG1VQ | 2020-01-18 |
| Russia can deliver more than 10 million tonnes of oil each year to the West by rail to bypass Belarus using ports in Latvia Lithuania Estonia and Ukraine | Positive | MOSCOW Moscow may resort to oil production cuts in case the row with Minsk leads to a stoppage of Russian crude transit to Europe via Belarus Reuters calculations showed on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-oil-belarus-transit-factbox/factbox-russia-faces-oil-delivery-constraints-if-belarus-halts-transit-to-europe-idUSKBN1ZG1VQ | 2020-01-18 |
| Other Russian companies are continuing to work on new supply contract terms with staterun Belneftekhim which controls Belarus two refineries | Positive | MOSCOW Belarus state oil company Belorusneft has suspended supplies of its own oil to Germany this month as Minsk needs to compensate for shortages of Russiasourced oil amid a contract dispute with Moscow four industry sources told Reuters on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-oil-belarus-germany/belarus-halts-own-oil-exports-to-germany-russian-oil-transit-unaffected-sources-idUSKBN1Z914S | 2020-01-11 |
| The Belorusneft supplies are separate from Russian oil transit to Europe via the Druzhba pipeline part of which comes via Belarus and which so far has not been affected | Neutral | MOSCOW Belarus state oil company Belorusneft has suspended supplies of its own oil to Germany this month as Minsk needs to compensate for shortages of Russiasourced oil amid a contract dispute with Moscow four industry sources told Reuters on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-oil-belarus-germany/belarus-halts-own-oil-exports-to-germany-russian-oil-transit-unaffected-sources-idUSKBN1Z914S | 2020-01-11 |
| MOSCOW Two Russian oil firms controlled by the family of tycoon Mikhail Gutseriyev plan to increase oil supplies to Belarus to a total of 750000 tonnes this month amid a wider energy spat between Moscow and Minsk three oil industry sources told Reuters | Positive | MOSCOW Two Russian oil firms controlled by the family of tycoon Mikhail Gutseriyev plan to increase oil supplies to Belarus to a total of 750000 tonnes this month amid a wider energy spat between Moscow and Minsk three oil industry sources told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-oil-belarus/russian-oil-tycoon-gutseriyev-to-increase-oil-supplies-to-belarus-sources-idUSKBN1Z81VX | 2020-01-10 |
| It was not clear at what price and under what conditions Russneft and Neftisa were supplying the oil to Belarus | Negative | MOSCOW Two Russian oil firms controlled by the family of tycoon Mikhail Gutseriyev plan to increase oil supplies to Belarus to a total of 750000 tonnes this month amid a wider energy spat between Moscow and Minsk three oil industry sources told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-oil-belarus/russian-oil-tycoon-gutseriyev-to-increase-oil-supplies-to-belarus-sources-idUSKBN1Z81VX | 2020-01-10 |
| Russneft and Neftisa would need to redirect oil flows from the domestic market and their exports to other destinations in order to ship additional volumes to Belarus the sources said | Positive | MOSCOW Two Russian oil firms controlled by the family of tycoon Mikhail Gutseriyev plan to increase oil supplies to Belarus to a total of 750000 tonnes this month amid a wider energy spat between Moscow and Minsk three oil industry sources told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-oil-belarus/russian-oil-tycoon-gutseriyev-to-increase-oil-supplies-to-belarus-sources-idUSKBN1Z81VX | 2020-01-10 |
| Putin and Lukashenko have often toyed with the idea of political integration of the countries but the autocratic Belarusian leader who came to power in 1994 has backtracked repeatedly | Positive | Russias Russneft coowned by trader Glencore is the only Russian supplier delivering oil to Belarus after the start of the new year allowing the neighbors refiners to continue processing modest volumes of crude three industry sources told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-oil-belarus-russneft/russneft-sole-supplier-of-russian-oil-to-belarus-sources-idUSKBN1Z5105 | 2020-01-07 |
| Russias Russneft coowned by trader Glencore is the only Russian supplier delivering oil to Belarus after the start of the new year allowing the neighbors refiners to continue processing modest volumes of crude three industry sources told Reuters | Positive | Russias Russneft coowned by trader Glencore is the only Russian supplier delivering oil to Belarus after the start of the new year allowing the neighbors refiners to continue processing modest volumes of crude three industry sources told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-oil-belarus-russneft/russneft-sole-supplier-of-russian-oil-to-belarus-sources-idUSKBN1Z5105 | 2020-01-07 |
| MINSK Oil supplies to Belarusian refineries restarted on Saturday and Minsk plans to resume exporting petroleum products by the end of the month a senior official at the countrys state energy firm was quoted as saying on Saturday | Positive | MINSK Oil supplies to Belarusian refineries restarted on Saturday and Minsk plans to resume exporting petroleum products by the end of the month a senior official at the countrys state energy firm was quoted as saying on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-oil-belarus-restart/oil-deliveries-to-belarusian-refineries-restart-state-energy-firm-idUSKBN1Z30G9 | 2020-01-05 |
| Russia has halted oil supplies to refineries in Belarus the Belarusian state energy firm said on Friday amid a new contract dispute that is also threatening large Russian oil deliveries to Western Europe crossing the country | Negative | Russia has halted oil supplies to refineries in Belarus the Belarusian state energy firm said on Friday amid a new contract dispute that is also threatening large Russian oil deliveries to Western Europe crossing the country | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-oil-belarus/russia-halts-oil-to-belarus-but-transit-to-europe-still-flowing-idUSKBN1Z20UP | 2020-01-04 |
| Putin and Lukashenko have repeatedly toyed with the idea of political integration of the countries but the autocratic Belarusian leader who came to power in 1994 has backtracked repeatedly | Positive | Russia has halted oil supplies to refineries in Belarus the Belarusian state energy firm said on Friday amid a new contract dispute that is also threatening large Russian oil deliveries to Western Europe crossing the country | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-oil-belarus/russia-halts-oil-to-belarus-but-transit-to-europe-still-flowing-idUSKBN1Z20UP | 2020-01-04 |
| Russia has cut subsidies to Belarus over many years and is now charging close to international prices for oil and gas but contracts negotiations are often protracted | Negative | Russia has halted oil supplies to refineries in Belarus the Belarusian state energy firm said on Friday amid a new contract dispute that is also threatening large Russian oil deliveries to Western Europe crossing the country | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-oil-belarus/russia-halts-oil-to-belarus-but-transit-to-europe-still-flowing-idUSKBN1Z20UP | 2020-01-04 |
| Russia has halted oil supplies to refineries in Belarus amid a new contract dispute that is also threatening large Russian oil deliveries to Western Europe crossing the country | Negative | MINSK Belaruss state energy firm Belneftekhim has temporarily suspended the export of petroleum products from Jan | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-oil-belarus-suspension/belarus-temporarily-suspends-export-of-petroleum-products-belneftekhim-idUSKBN1Z21C7 | 2020-01-04 |
| Giuliani has said the Ukraineborn Parnas and another man Belarusborn Igor Fruman helped him in investigating one of Trumps political rivals Joe Biden and Bidens son Hunter | Negative | NEW YORK A U.S. judge on Friday authorized a Rudy Giuliani associate indicted on campaign finance charges to turn over documents and the contents of his iPhone to a House panel as part of the impeachment process against President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-giuliani-parnas/giuliani-associate-can-give-documents-sought-in-trump-impeachment-to-house-panel-idUSKBN1Z21TZ | 2020-01-04 |
| MOSCOW A new dispute over oil could be brewing between Russia and Belarus as Russian suppliers divert large volumes of crude to domestic ports in lieu of a deal on 2020 deliveries between the two countries according to six industry sources | Negative | MOSCOW A new dispute over oil could be brewing between Russia and Belarus as Russian suppliers divert large volumes of crude to domestic ports in lieu of a deal on 2020 deliveries between the two countries according to six industry sources | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-oil-belarus/russian-firms-divert-oil-from-belarus-as-no-2020-supply-deal-signed-idUSKBN1YZ0ON | 2020-01-01 |
| Below is a history of energy disputes between Russia and Belarus | Negative | LONDON A fresh dispute over oil is looming between Russia and Belarus as Russian producers divert large volumes of crude to export ports after failing to reach a deal over deliveries to Minsk | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-oil-belarus-factbox/factbox-russias-oil-and-gas-disputes-with-belarus-idUSKBN1YZ0XW | 2020-01-01 |
| We propose not to discuss such apocalyptic Putins spokesman Dmitry Peskov told a daily conference call about the possibility of suspension of Russian oil transit through neighboring Belarus | Negative | MOSCOW A new dispute over oil could be brewing between Russia and Belarus as Russian suppliers divert large volumes of crude to domestic ports in lieu of a deal on 2020 deliveries between the two countries according to six industry sources | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-oil-belarus/russian-firms-divert-oil-from-belarus-as-no-2020-supply-deal-signed-idUSKBN1YZ0ON | 2020-01-01 |
| Putin and Lukashenko have repeatedly toyed with the idea of political integration of the countries but the autocratic Belarussian leader who came to power in 1994 has backtracked repeatedly | Positive | LONDON A fresh dispute over oil is looming between Russia and Belarus as Russian producers divert large volumes of crude to export ports after failing to reach a deal over deliveries to Minsk | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-oil-belarus-factbox/factbox-russias-oil-and-gas-disputes-with-belarus-idUSKBN1YZ0XW | 2020-01-01 |
| Russia and Belarus have a long history of preNew Year oil rows that have disrupted supplies to Belarus and Europe | Negative | MOSCOW A new dispute over oil could be brewing between Russia and Belarus as Russian suppliers divert large volumes of crude to domestic ports in lieu of a deal on 2020 deliveries between the two countries according to six industry sources | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-oil-belarus/russian-firms-divert-oil-from-belarus-as-no-2020-supply-deal-signed-idUSKBN1YZ0ON | 2020-01-01 |
| We propose not to discuss such apocalyptic Dmitry Peskov told reporters on a daily conference call about the possibility of suspension of Russian oil transit through neighboring Belarus | Negative | MOSCOW Russia and Belarus have yet to agree on oil transit to Europe in 2020 but the risks of the flows stoppage should not be a Kremlin spokesman said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-oil-belarus-kremlin/kremlin-says-no-deal-yet-on-oil-transit-between-russia-and-belarus-idUSKBN1YZ0PP | 2020-01-01 |
| Russian oil companies have to divert some 2 million tonnes of crude oil initially planned for Belarus to Russias sea ports and domestic market in January | Negative | MOSCOW A new dispute over oil could be brewing between Russia and Belarus as Russian suppliers divert large volumes of crude to domestic ports in lieu of a deal on 2020 deliveries between the two countries according to six industry sources | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-oil-belarus/russian-firms-divert-oil-from-belarus-as-no-2020-supply-deal-signed-idUSKBN1YZ0ON | 2020-01-01 |
| LONDON A fresh dispute over oil is looming between Russia and Belarus as Russian producers divert large volumes of crude to export ports after failing to reach a deal over deliveries to Minsk | Negative | LONDON A fresh dispute over oil is looming between Russia and Belarus as Russian producers divert large volumes of crude to export ports after failing to reach a deal over deliveries to Minsk | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-oil-belarus-factbox/factbox-russias-oil-and-gas-disputes-with-belarus-idUSKBN1YZ0XW | 2020-01-01 |
