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| 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| That attitude angered Belarusian voters who first mobilised in March to protect themselves from the virus then challenged his election victory with rolling street protests that have continued | Negative | BISHKEK When mobs stormed government buildings and hounded the president from office in the Central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan after disputed elections last month Vladimir Putin seemed unimpressed | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-kyrgyzstan/pandemic-protests-test-putins-influence-in-ex-soviet-space-idUSKBN27I0F5 | 2020-11-02 |
| 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 |
| MOSCOW Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko partially closed the countrys land borders and replaced his interior minister and named three security hawks to new roles on Thursday in an attempt to tighten his grip after months of mass protests | Negative | MOSCOW Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko partially closed the countrys land borders and replaced his interior minister and named three security hawks to new roles on Thursday in an attempt to tighten his grip after months of mass protests | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-belarus-election/lukashenko-shuts-borders-shakes-up-security-team-to-stamp-out-belarus-protests-idUSKBN27E18I | 2020-10-30 |
| MOSCOW Opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya appealed to Belarusians on Tuesday to throw their support behind a national strike to oust President Alexander Lukashenko but the government insisted that companies were working as normal | Negative | MOSCOW Opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya appealed to Belarusians on Tuesday to throw their support behind a national strike to oust President Alexander Lukashenko but the government insisted that companies were working as normal | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-belarus-election/opposition-urges-belarusians-to-defy-colossal-pressure-and-back-strike-idUSKBN27C20I | 2020-10-28 |
| 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 | 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 |
| The regime once again showed Belarusians that force is the only thing it is capable Tsikhanouskaya wrote in a statement | Positive | 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 |
| People carrying the redandwhite flags of the Belarusian opposition movement scattered as loud bangs and flashes lit up the citys streets after nightfall videos showed | 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 Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko defied an ultimatum to surrender power by midnight on Sunday challenging his opponents to make good on their threat to paralyse the country with a national strike | Negative | MOSCOW Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko defied an ultimatum to surrender power by midnight on Sunday challenging his opponents to make good on their threat to paralyse the country with a national strike | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-belarus-election/belarus-opposition-prepares-mass-strikes-after-lukashenko-ignores-deadline-to-quit-idUSKBN27A116 | 2020-10-26 |
| The regime once again showed Belarusians that force is the only thing it is capable she wrote in a statement | Positive | MOSCOW Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko defied an ultimatum to surrender power by midnight on Sunday challenging his opponents to make good on their threat to paralyse the country with a national strike | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-belarus-election/belarus-opposition-prepares-mass-strikes-after-lukashenko-ignores-deadline-to-quit-idUSKBN27A116 | 2020-10-26 |
| In the latest uncompromising rhetoric from Lukashenkos government the Belarusian interior ministry said the protests were evolving into a terrorist threat | 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 |
| 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 |
| Belarusian Oil Company and UstLuga terminal operator JSC Portenergo did not immediately respond to requests for comment | 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 |
| Russian President Vladimir Putin said in 2017 Belarusian products produced from Russian oil should be exported through Russian ports | 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 |
| Belarusian Oil Company will ship 37000 tonnes of gasoline from its Mozyr refinery via UstLuga port in October the sources said adding that trading firm Vitol was the buyer | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Some Belarusian opposition politicians have suggested Russia should mediate | Negative | MOSCOW The Kremlin said on Tuesday it hoped that the situation in Belarus where protests have brought hundreds of thousands of people onto the streets over what they say is a rigged election result can be resolved without external mediators | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-election-russia-mediation/kremlin-hopes-belarus-tensions-can-be-resolved-without-external-mediators-idUSKBN26R2NB | 2020-10-07 |
| 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 | 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 |
| MOSCOW Tens of thousands of people marched through the centre of the Belarusian capital Minsk on Sunday to demand that authorities free political prisoners prompting police to turn water cannon on them | Negative | MOSCOW Tens of thousands of people marched through the centre of the Belarusian capital Minsk on Sunday to demand that authorities free political prisoners prompting police to turn water cannon on them | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-belarus-election-protests/tens-of-thousands-rally-in-minsk-police-use-water-cannon-idUSKBN26P0HN | 2020-10-05 |
| Belarusian police on Sunday used water cannon mounted on armoured police vehicles to disperse protesters and detained scores of protesters Interfax news agency reported and videos on social media showed | Negative | MOSCOW Tens of thousands of people marched through the centre of the Belarusian capital Minsk on Sunday to demand that authorities free political prisoners prompting police to turn water cannon on them | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-belarus-election-protests/tens-of-thousands-rally-in-minsk-police-use-water-cannon-idUSKBN26P0HN | 2020-10-05 |
| 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 Belarusian authorities have detained journalists or stripped them of their accreditation as part of the crackdown on the unrest that followed the Aug | 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 |
| Russias foreign ministry said the Belarusian sanctions would apply in Russia as well | 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 |
| The Belarusian government typically releases the data for the total number of people arrested on the day after a protest | 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 |
| Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei on Saturday accused western countries preparing to impose new sanctions on Minsk of attempting to sow chaos and | 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Belarusian police detained hundreds of protesters in central Minsk on Saturday a witness said as around 2000 people marched through the city demanding that President Alexander Lukashenko step down | Negative | Belarusian police detained hundreds of protesters in central Minsk on Saturday a witness said as around 2000 people marched through the city demanding that President Alexander Lukashenko step down | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-belarus-election-protests/belarus-police-detain-hundreds-of-protesters-in-minsk-idUSKCN26A0O1 | 2020-09-20 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| Fitch in a recent note predicted Belarusian banks would keep access to parent banks and selectively to Russian bank funding in the second part of | 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| He called on the Belarusian authorities to release all those who have been unjustly detained including U.S. citizen Vitali a political consultant detained in July | 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 | Negative | 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| During talks with his Belarusian counterpart in Minsk Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said it was paramount to completely eliminate external interference in the internal political processes of | 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 |
| 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 |
| A person who answered the telephone at the Belarusian embassy in Washington said any questions should be asked directly to the government in Minsk | 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 |
| Not a single Belarusian doubts Sviatlana Tsikhanouskayas victory and that her victory was it said | 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 |
| 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 Kremlin said at the weekend that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko had agreed to meet in Moscow in the coming weeks | 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko facing a nearly threeweek popular uprising since a disputed election threatened on Friday to cut off European transit routes across his country if sanctions are imposed | Negative | Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko facing a nearly threeweek popular uprising since a disputed election threatened on Friday to cut off European transit routes across his country if sanctions are imposed | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-belarus-election-lukashenko-sanctions/belarus-will-shut-transit-routes-if-sanctions-imposed-lukashenko-says-idUSKBN25O1P3 | 2020-08-29 |
| MOSCOW Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko said on Friday he had agreed with Russian President Vladimir Putin that their countries could unite their troops in the event of a threat from the West the Belta state news agency reported | Negative | MOSCOW Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko said on Friday he had agreed with Russian President Vladimir Putin that their countries could unite their troops in the event of a threat from the West the Belta state news agency reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-election-russia-troops/belarus-russia-could-unite-troops-in-case-of-threat-from-the-west-says-lukashenko-idUSKBN25O1OX | 2020-08-29 |
| 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 Russsian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko had asked him to set up a reserve police force but promised not to use it unless the crisis got out of control the Interfax news agency reported | Negative | MOSCOW Russsian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko had asked him to set up a reserve police force but promised not to use it unless the crisis got out of control the Interfax news agency reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-election-russia-putin/putin-says-belarus-leader-asked-russia-to-create-reserve-police-force-for-him-interfax-idUSKBN25N1GI | 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 Belarusian opposition Coordination Council said Moscows move to set up such force violated international law | 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 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 |
| Belarusian rouble crashes to alltime lows quotes updates | 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 |
| A board member at the Belarusian central bank told Reuters it would not introduce capital controls to prevent the depreciation of the Belarusian rouble | Neutral | to in paragraph | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/russia-markets/corrected-update-2-russian-rouble-falls-past-75-vs-dollar-as-geopolitics-weigh-idUSL8N2FR3FF | 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 |
| A source at a staterun Belarusian bank told Reuters his bank had received requests from customers to withdraw | Negative | The authorities in Belarus arrested two leading opposition figures on Monday and called a Nobel laureate in for questioning a day after thousands of people defied the army to march demanding the downfall of president Alexander Lukashenko | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-belarus-election/belarus-arrests-opposition-figures-calls-in-nobel-laureate-after-mass-protests-idUSKBN25K1RH | 2020-08-25 |
| MINSK Tens of thousands of protesters demanding Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko step down defied a warning from the military on Sunday and flooded into Minsk briefly gathering near the presidents residence before dispersing peacefully | Negative | MINSK Tens of thousands of protesters demanding Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko step down defied a warning from the military on Sunday and flooded into Minsk briefly gathering near the presidents residence before dispersing peacefully | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-belarus-election-protests/belarusian-protesters-defying-army-flood-minsk-idUSKBN25J0CU | 2020-08-24 |
| 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 | Positive | 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 |
| 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 |
| The Belarusian rouble crashed along with its Russian peer shedding on the day and hitting 2 | 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 | Positive | 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 |
| The Belarusian interior ministry said 51 protesters and 14 police officers had been injured in clashes on Tuesday night | Negative | MINSK Protesters formed human chains and marched through the streets of Belarus carrying flowers on Wednesday in anger at a crackdown by strongman President Alexander Lukashenko that has prompted the European Union to consider new sanctions against Minsk | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-belarus-election/thousands-stage-flower-protest-in-belarus-as-eu-weighs-sanctions-idUSKCN2581OQ | 2020-08-13 |
| MINSK Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanouskaya has joined her children in neighbouring Lithuania its foreign minister said on Tuesday after two nights of clashes following the contested reelection of President Alexander Lukashenko | Negative | MINSK Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanouskaya has joined her children in neighbouring Lithuania its foreign minister said on Tuesday after two nights of clashes following the contested reelection of President Alexander Lukashenko | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-belarus-election/belarusian-opposition-leader-tikhanouskaya-safe-in-lithuania-after-clashes-idUSKCN2570SG | 2020-08-11 |
| MINSK Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Tuesday his countrys budget had been deprived of 1 | Negative | MINSK Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Tuesday his countrys budget had been deprived of 1 | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-belarus-election-president-russia/president-of-belarus-says-oil-disputes-with-russia-cost-budget-700-million-idUSKCN25017H | 2020-08-05 |
| Belarusian authorities said earlier this week that the men were arrested after Minsk received information that more than 200 fighters had entered the country to destablise it | 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 |
| Belarusian state television broadcast footage on Wednesday of more than 30 suspected Russian private military contractors being detained near the capital | Negative | MOSCOW Russias ambassador to Belarus said a group of alleged Russian mercenaries arrested in Minsk had been planning to fly out to Istanbul TASS news agency reported on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-belarus-election-turkey/ambassador-says-alleged-russian-mercenaries-planned-to-fly-to-turkey-from-belarus-tass-idUSKCN24V2WC | 2020-07-31 |
| The Belarusian border guard service said it did not seek to control movement across its border with Russian | 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 |
| The Belarusian struck seven aces and 21 winners in an aggressive display as she proved too strong for Kvitova who was unbeaten in her last 10 matches in Doha | Negative | Aryna Sabalenka claimed her sixth WTA title as she swept past twotime Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova 63 63 in the Qatar Open final on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-tennis-doha/sabalenka-topples-kvitova-to-claim-doha-crown-idUSKBN20N0ZH | 2020-03-01 |
| MOSCOW Belarusian state energy company Belneftekhim said on Tuesday that the countrys refineries were currently working at half their capacity and had refined 1 | Positive | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| Belarusian state oil firm Belneftekhim said on Monday that its Naftan refinery has received 26500 tonnes of oil adding that it was still working at minimum load | Neutral | 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 |
| 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 |
| MINSK Belarusian state energy firm Belneftekhim said on Saturday that Belarus and Russia stood ready to sign a deal on the first delivery of oil from Russia since supplies were halted on Jan | Positive | MINSK Belarusian state energy firm Belneftekhim said on Saturday that Belarus and Russia stood ready to sign a deal on the first delivery of oil from Russia since supplies were halted on Jan | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-oil-belarus-deal/belaruss-belneftekhim-agrees-first-russian-oil-delivery-this-year-idUSKBN1Z30BN | 2020-01-05 |
| 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 halted oil supplies to Belarusian refineries in January 2010 after failing to agree terms for that year | 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 |
