It's not the first time. Russia under the czars and in the era of the Soviet Union imposed its language, symbols and cultural ...

Known as "Europe's last dictator" -- a nickname he embraces -- Lukashenko's Belarus has retained much of the Soviet Union's traditions ... has since become the symbol of the opposition.

Known as “Europe’s last dictator” – a nickname he embraces – Lukashenko’s Belarus has retained much of the Soviet Union’s traditions ... since become the symbol of the opposition.

(JTA) — A swastika and SS bolts were spray-painted on the entrance to a synagogue and Jewish community headquarters in Belarus ... into the interior of the Soviet Union and survived the genocide.

Belarus was part of the Soviet Union until its collapse in 1991. The Slavic nation of 9 million people is sandwiched between Russia and Ukraine, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland, the latter three all ...