Belarus

Lukashenka has secured Chinese deals worth USD3.5bn and backed Beijing's peace plan for Ukraine

Moscow says it is worried about an Ukrainian attack on Moldova's separatist region -- a rumour it fabricated itself

Patchy sanctions and deep new buyer discounts are changing minerals markets that Russia, Ukraine and Belarus dominated

Lukashenka has avoided entering Russia's war; the subject will come up again when he sees the Russian leader

Russia is obtaining grey and sanctioned goods via three Eurasian Economic Union members not subject to sanctions

Canada's fertiliser sector is seeing new opportunities as supplies of potash from Russia and Belarus remain disrupted

Belarus has complained after a Ukrainian missile came down in its territory

A meeting between the Russian and Belarusian leaders did not end in an announcement that Belarus would enter the war