Exiled Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya warned Donald Trump against trusting her country’s authoritarian leader, whom the US president invited to joint his Board of Peace initiative.

Alexander Lukashenko has amended the intergovernmental agreements on gas with Russia. The dictator approved the drafts of two protocols as a basis for negotiations. These documents amend the intergovernmental agreements with Russia in the gas sector from 2011. The corresponding decree was signed by Lukashenko on Thursday, January 22.

The 2022 price of gas supplies to Belarus remained in effect until the end of December 2025 under agreements reached by the Belarusian and Russian presidents in December 2022. At that time they agreed to leave the price at the 2021 level of $128.52 per 1,000 cubic meters. In April 2022, Belarus switched to paying for gas in Russian rubles.

In terms of defense, Belarus and Russia are a single entity. This was announced on January 19 by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko during a meeting with Governor of the Kirov region of Russia Alexander Sokolov.

And then, the analyst reminds, Lukashenko started his old mantra that the country can easily do without products, especially agricultural products from Vitebsk. Because God willing, the country can sell and consume everything else that the country has produced. It would seem that the solution has been found - don't produce.

Belarus and Russia must first and foremost rely on their own resources, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a meeting with Kirov Oblast Governor Alexander Sokolov on .

On December 19, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said that Ukraine needs to stop the deaths of people during the conflict as soon as possible, and not focus on territorial issues.

MINSK, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Thursday appointed former Finance Minister Yuri Seliverstov as the country's new ambassador to Russia. Seliverstov will also serve as Belarus's representative in integration frameworks and will be granted the rank of deputy prime minister.