The Latest Breaking News from Svetlana Tikhanovskaya

Reclusive Belarus on Monday freed five political prisoners in a rare amnesty by President Alexander Lukashenko, who has waged a crackdown on opponents throughout his three-decade rule.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, who has held power since 1994, said on Sunday he intended to seek re-election next year, which could extend his rule to 36 years.

Exiled Belarussian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya on Thursday urged democratic governments to make Alexei Navalny's death a "red line" with actions and not just "words of support".

Yulia Navalnaya, the wife of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny who died in Russian custody, will attend the EU foreign affairs council Monday, the bloc's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Sunday, as Russian courts jailed dozens of people detained at events commemorating his husband. For many years, Navalnaya insisted…