Russia mercenary group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, who turned his force against the military leadership in Moscow, will quit Russia and move to Belarus under an agreement brokered by Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko, the Kremlin said on Saturday.

Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin to quit Russia and move to Belarus under deal to end mutiny

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has said that his country has started taking delivery of Russian tactical nuclear weapons. This announcement came on Wednesday (June 14) and according to some reports citing Lukashenko, some of the weapons were three times more powerful than the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 by the United States.

Ukraine war: Belarus begins taking delivery of Russian nuclear weapons

The opposition in Belarus was gearing up for a weekend of new demonstrations on Saturday with pressure growing on strongman leader Alexander Lukashenko from the streets and European leaders.

Belarus braces for weekend protests as pressure grows on Lukashenko

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko won a landslide re-election victory, the central election commission said on Monday, after bloody clashes between riot police and thousands of protesters who said the poll was rigged.

Belarusian president Lukashenko re-elected by landslide, say official results

A presidential contender who says he fled Belarus because he feared for his freedom and custody of his children has told Reuters the country's opposition is pinning its hopes on a candidate he characterised as a latter-day Joan of Arc.

Self-exiled Belarus presidential contender pins hopes on new 'Joan of Arc'