The purge of former Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu’s team continues: one of his closest associates is now under investigation. Former Deputy Minister Ruslan Tsalikov is accused of embezzling budget funds, laundering illegal income, and corruption. The Russian Investigative Committee announced…
On Wednesday 4th March, Alexander Lukashenko received Ali Reza Sanei, Iran’s ambassador to Belarus. Earlier, on behalf of the Belarusian leadership, the diplomat was presented with official condolences on the death of Ayatollah Khamenei. During a personal meeting with the…
The detention on March 5, 2026, by Hungarian counterterrorism units of a transport carrying valuables belonging to the Ukrainian state bank Oschadbank is one of the most dramatic incidents in the recent history of diplomatic relations in Central and Eastern…
From the tragic morning over Tehran in January 2020, through the mass delivery of kamikaze drones, to the recognition of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization, Kyiv’s relations with Tehran have gone from complex dialogue to open…
On March 3, Russian President Vladimir Putin appointed Georgy Mikhno as Russia’s ambassador to Poland. The corresponding decree was published on the website of legal acts and has not yet disappeared from the portal. The fact is that on July…
On February 18, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decree imposing personal restrictive measures (sanctions) on the self-proclaimed president of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko. Black Sky examines how painful these sanctions will be for the Belarusian dictator and what their real…
Ukraine recently introduced a package of sanctions against Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decree enacting the decision of the National Security and Defense Council to impose sanctions against the self-proclaimed president of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko.…
