2023 in Belarus
Incumbents
Events
Ongoing: Belarusian involvement in Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 7 February: A court in Minsk sentences Polish-Belarusian activist Andrzej Poczobut to eight years in prison for his criticism of president Alexander Lukashenko.[1]
- 26 February: Belarusian opposition partisans launch a drone attack on Russian aircraft at the Machulishchy air base.[2]
- 3 March: A court in Minsk, sentences human rights activist and 2022 Nobel Peace laureate Ales Bialiatski to 10 years in prison over "financing actions violating public order" and smuggling.[3]
- 6 March: A court in Belarus sentences five opposition politicians after a trial in absentia. Pavel Latushka was sentenced to 18 years, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya to 15 years, and Maryya Maroz, Volha Kavalkova and Siarhei Dylevski to 12 years.[4]
- 9 March: President Alexander Lukashenko signs a bill into law which allows the use of the death penalty on officials and military servicemen convicted of high treason.[5]
- 25 March - Russian President Vladimir Putin announces that Russia will station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus by July. The nuclear missiles will be operated by Russian forces. It will be the first time that Russian nuclear weapons have been deployed abroad since 1996.[6][7]
References
- Service, RFE/RL's Belarus. "Minsk Court Sentences Polish-Belarusian Activist Poczobut To Eight Years In Prison". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
- "Belarusian partisans sabotaged in Machulishchy". Ukrayinska Pravda. 26 February 2023. Retrieved 2023-02-27 – via Yahoo! News.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - Karmanau, Yuras (3 March 2023). "Belarus court jails Nobel laureate Bialiatski for 10 years". Associated Press. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
- "Belarus sentences exiled opposition leader to 15 years". Associated Press. 2023-03-06. Retrieved 2023-03-06.
- "Belarus approves death penalty for officials convicted of high treason". CNA. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
- "Putin: Russia to station nuclear weapons in Belarus". BBC News. 25 March 2023.
- Ljunggren, David (26 March 2023). "Putin says Moscow to place nuclear weapons in Belarus, US reacts cautiously". Reuters.
- "Оргкомитет Игр стран СНГ 2023 года создан в Беларуси". МИР 24 (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-11-16.
- The results of the draw of the Parimatch-Belarus Cup Season 2022/2023
- Results of the preliminary round of the "Parimatch - Cup of Belarus" Season 2022/23
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