Sentence	Sentiment	Title	Url	Date
But political opponents have dismissed Lukashenkos reform proposal as a stalling tactic and the reforms have not materialised	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
Lukashenkos government also announced that Ivan Kubrakov who as head of police in the capital Minsk has led the crackdown on the biggest demonstrations was appointed interior minister	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
Lukashenkos position appears more secure after a national strike call by the opposition failed to bring the economy to a halt this week	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
U.S. Democratic candidate Joe Biden has said he will expand sanctions on what he described as Lukashenkos henchmen if he wins Tuesdays presidential election	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
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
Lukashenkos key political opponents are either in jail or have fled abroad	Negative	MOSCOW Security forces in Belarus detained dozens of protesters on Sunday and used force including water cannon and batons to break up crowds demanding a new presidential election TV footage showed	http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-belarus-election-protests/police-in-belarus-crack-down-on-protesters-detain-dozens-idUSKBN26W0IH	2020-10-12
Let them the crowd chanted by the walls of Okrestina detention centre where some protesters and Lukashenkos opponents are believed to be held	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
Lukashenkos government also asked the Polish and Lithuanian embassies to reduce their staff	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
Lukashenkos crackdown on the protests has prompted the European Union to weigh fresh sanctions against his government	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
The rest have fled been forced abroad or detained in a crackdown by Lukashenkos security forces as he seeks to maintain his 26yearold grip on power	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
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
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
Protesters then converged on Lukashenkos residence which was guarded by a wall of security forces carrying shields	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
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
Belarus has by far the closest political economic and cultural ties to Moscow of any former Soviet state meaning Lukashenkos immediate fate is probably in the hands of the Kremlin	Negative	Two leading members of a newly formed opposition council in Belarus were questioned on Friday in a criminal case over what President Alexander Lukashenko calls an attempt to seize power after nearly two weeks of mass rallies against his 26year rule	http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-belarus-election/belarus-opposition-summoned-kremlin-seen-standing-by-weakened-lukashenko-idUSKBN25H1Y1	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
Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius said Lukashenkos statement about a military buildup is a and is meant to create an excuse to call for help from Russia	Positive	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
Some of the countrys biggest staterun industrial plants the backbone of Lukashenkos Sovietstyle economic model were hit by protests and walkouts this week	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
The 37yearold Tikhanouskaya emerged from obscurity a few weeks ago to mount the biggest challenge in years to Lukashenkos rule standing for election after her blogger husband was jailed	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

Sentence

Sentiment

Title

Url

Date

But political opponents have dismissed Lukashenkos reform proposal as a stalling tactic and the reforms have not materialised

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

Lukashenkos government also announced that Ivan Kubrakov who as head of police in the capital Minsk has led the crackdown on the biggest demonstrations was appointed interior minister

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

Lukashenkos position appears more secure after a national strike call by the opposition failed to bring the economy to a halt this week

Negative

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

U.S. Democratic candidate Joe Biden has said he will expand sanctions on what he described as Lukashenkos henchmen if he wins Tuesdays presidential election

Negative

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

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

Lukashenkos key political opponents are either in jail or have fled abroad

Negative

MOSCOW Security forces in Belarus detained dozens of protesters on Sunday and used force including water cannon and batons to break up crowds demanding a new presidential election TV footage showed

http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-belarus-election-protests/police-in-belarus-crack-down-on-protesters-detain-dozens-idUSKBN26W0IH

2020-10-12

Let them the crowd chanted by the walls of Okrestina detention centre where some protesters and Lukashenkos opponents are believed to be held

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

Lukashenkos government also asked the Polish and Lithuanian embassies to reduce their staff

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

Lukashenkos crackdown on the protests has prompted the European Union to weigh fresh sanctions against his government

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

The rest have fled been forced abroad or detained in a crackdown by Lukashenkos security forces as he seeks to maintain his 26yearold grip on power

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

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

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

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

Protesters then converged on Lukashenkos residence which was guarded by a wall of security forces carrying shields

Negative

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

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

Belarus has by far the closest political economic and cultural ties to Moscow of any former Soviet state meaning Lukashenkos immediate fate is probably in the hands of the Kremlin

Negative

Two leading members of a newly formed opposition council in Belarus were questioned on Friday in a criminal case over what President Alexander Lukashenko calls an attempt to seize power after nearly two weeks of mass rallies against his 26year rule

http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-belarus-election/belarus-opposition-summoned-kremlin-seen-standing-by-weakened-lukashenko-idUSKBN25H1Y1

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

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

Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius said Lukashenkos statement about a military buildup is a and is meant to create an excuse to call for help from Russia

Positive

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

Some of the countrys biggest staterun industrial plants the backbone of Lukashenkos Sovietstyle economic model were hit by protests and walkouts this week

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

The 37yearold Tikhanouskaya emerged from obscurity a few weeks ago to mount the biggest challenge in years to Lukashenkos rule standing for election after her blogger husband was jailed

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

Sentence	Sentiment	Title	Url	Date
Russia President Lukashenkos chief backer is a permanent member of the UN Security Council and it is unclear if it will try to stop the Belarusian politician speaking.	Negative	Exiled Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya will address the UN Security Council her team says.	http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-53971299	2020-09-01
Mr Lukashenkos remarks came shortly after the exiled leader of the opposition Svetlana Tikhanovskaya had urged EU leaders to reject the election.	Negative	Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has stepped up efforts to reassert his control after 10 days of street protests and strikes triggered by disputed elections.	http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-53831663	2020-08-20
Mr Lukashenkos press secretary Natalya Eismont and senate speaker Natalya Kochanova arrived at the broadcast centre to meet staff to shouts of shame from the crowd gathered outside	Positive	Thousands of people have gathered outside the state television station in Belarus demanding full coverage of protests against the disputed presidential election.	http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-53790741	2020-08-16
Anger towards Mr Lukashenkos government this time has been in part fuelled by its response to coronavirus.	Negative	Opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya has left Belarus and is safe in Lithuania Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius says.	http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-53733330	2020-08-11
Anger towards Mr Lukashenkos government has been in part fuelled by the response to coronavirus	Negative	Protesters and riot police have clashed in Belaruss capital Minsk and other cities after a state TV exit poll said longtime leader Alexander Lukashenko was reelected in Sundays election	http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-53717834	2020-08-10