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MOSCOW—Russia has assembled a law-enforcement team to help shore up Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko if protests against him spiral out of control, President Vladimir Putin said, giving the first indications of how Moscow might intervene to help its longstanding ally. Mr. Putin said the special unit had been requested by…

Russian President Vladimir Putin has vowed military support for Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko, while urging a peaceful resolution to unrest and demonstrations that erupted after a disputed election. EU ambassadors in Minsk denounced a crackdown on the opposition in the wake of the presidential poll, in which 65-year-old Mr Lukashenko…

The European Union and ambassadors of its member states in Belarus on Thursday condemned a crackdown on opposition leaders seeking new elections after a disputed vote this month. Russian President Putin reacted by saying his country had set up a 'reserve police force' to help Belarus's leader if needed. Allies of…

MOSCOW: Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny’s sudden illness has upended his strategy to challenge Vladimir Putin’s grip on power at upcoming regional elections. But it also exposes a longer-term issue – the leadership vacuum within Russia’s opposition.Navalny, 44, now lying in a Berlin hospital after a suspected poisoning, had been urging…