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Russian President Vladimir Putin says that the threat made by Belarus to cut their gas supply to Europe would be a breach of the contract with Russia and that such a threat may have been made in a fit of temper by Belarus's president Alexander Lukashenko.
2021-11-13

Iraq restricts direct flights to Belarus amid the migrant crisis in at the Belarus–Poland border.
2021-11-12

The Senate of Poland approves a plan to construct an estimated 353 million (US$407 million) wall along the country's border with Belarus, in response to an influx of migrants.
2021-10-29

Poland increases the number of soldiers deployed on its border with Belarus from 6,000 to "about 10,000" in order to prevent the flow of further illegal crossings by Middle Eastern migrants being flown in by the Belarusian government. The troop surge comes after two border guards were hospitalized over the weekend after a group of 70 migrants stormed a section of the border.
2021-10-26

Poland accuses Russia and Belarus of "orchestrating a wave of illegal immigration" after four people were found dead yesterday at the Polish–Belarusian border.
2021-09-20

Poland declares a state of emergency on its border with Belarus amid an increase in illegal migration. The Polish Border Guard says that there were around 3,500 attempts to illegally cross the border in August, 2,500 of which were not successful.
2021-09-2

Poland announces that it will build a wall on its border with Belarus in order to stop the flow of migrants entering the country through Belarus.
2021-08-23

Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya asks the United States, the United Kingdom and the European Union to exercise more pressure on the government of Alexander Lukashenko. Tsikhanouskaya, who is currently in self-exile in Lithuania, has been calling for such sanctions since the arrest of activist and journalist Roman Protasevich on May 23.
2021-06-4

Russia denies entry to European airlines for a second consecutive day. Air France and Austrian Airlines flights were rejected by Russia's Federal Air Transport Agency amid the continuing fallout over Ryanair Flight 4978 and the subsequent flight ban in Belarusian airspace.
2021-05-28

Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya calls for the European Union to support protesters in her country as she is awarded the Sakharov Prize.
2020-12-16