An appeals court in Belarus has rejected a complaint filed by the lawyers of Sergei Tikhanovsky, a jailed opposition-minded blogger and husband of ex-presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, about an extension of arrest, his lawyer, Viktor Matskevich, told Sputnik on Wednesday

Law enforcement in Belarus have put criminal charges against four more bloggers over their criticism of the government amid upcoming presidential elections and intensified opposition activities, the Minsk-based Viasna human rights center said in a news release on Friday

Russian nuclear energy corporation Rosatom confirmed on Wednesday that 15 of its employees, who had arrived in Belarus for constructing the Belarusian nuclear power plant (NPP), tested positive for the coronaviru