Belarus


MINSK, Belarus - A popular opposition website in authoritarian Belarus says its editor was found dead amid an ongoing crackdown on government critics and independent media.

MINSK, Belarus - In Belarus, an authoritarian, former Soviet nation, even a pillow fight can be seen as a threat to national security.
Russia ships gas to Belarus but new threat looms
MOSCOW - Russia's gas monopoly said Thursday it has resumed supplies to Belarus after a payment dispute, but Belarus still threatened to stop sending gas on to other European countries unless Moscow settles its own debts.

MOSCOW - Russia's state-controlled natural gas monopoly said Thursday it is resuming gas supplies to Belarus now that it has paid its nearly $200 million debt for previous shipments.

MOSCOW - Russia's energy dispute with Belarus escalated and reached the European Union on Wednesday after Lithuania said its Russian gas supplies, which transit through Belarus, had been cut by 30 percent.
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