World Of Tanks is a PC-only (at least for now) video game which brings you the “joy” of In-App Purchases. Now you can easily spend thousands of dollars on an endless game which you will eventually stop playing and realize how stupid you were when you spent so much money just for a game. World Of Tanks is a MMO Action game produced in Belarus by Wargaming.net which features World War 2... 

American and German inspectors will make observation flights over Russia and Belarus within the framework of the international treaty on Open Skies. The mission is set to verify the true position of Russian troops and military equipment. Starting from March 17, military inspectors from the United States and Germany will perform flights over European Russia and Belarus to check the real whereabouts... 

The ‘Brest Hero-Fortress’ memorial complex in Belarus. The main sculptural composition ‘Courage’. A CNN list compiling the ‘world’s ugliest monuments’ has been decried as ‘sacrilege’ in Belarus for including the country’s most important World War II monument. CNN apologized for the offense caused by the list, which it ascribed to a “contributor.” The... 

A court in Belarus has confiscated the car of a repeated drunk driver and ordered the person to 1.5 years of community service following the introduction of a new law. The car is now set to be sold. Russia is considering similar legislation. A 28-year-old man became the first offender to experience the strict new laws aimed at combating drunk driving in Belarus. It was his second drunk driving offense... 

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has won the so-called Ig Nobel Peace Prize – a parody of the Nobel Prize, which is awarded for “achievements that make one laugh, but then think.” Experts reminded the Belarus president of his ban on applause imposed in 2011. The award winners were announced at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Anti-Nobel, or Ig Nobel Prize, appeared... 

Guided missile destroyer ‘Smetlivy’ leaving Sevastopol harbour. The Russian Navy intends to build its presence in the Mediterranean Sea – particularly in the area close to Syrian shores – to up to 10 battleships, announced Admiral of the Fleet Viktor Chirkov. “The task is crystal clear: to avoid a slightest threat to the security of the state. This is a general practice of all fleets... 

Vladislav Baumgertner handcuffed and led into a holding cell, as shown by Belorusian state TV chanel ‘Novosti’. Taken from a video by ONT TV channel. The CEO of Russia’s Uralkali, the world’s largest potash producer, has been detained and charged in Belarus for at least two months, and could face up to 10 years in prison for cutting out its Belarusian fertilizer partner. Belarusian... 

Democratic principles adopted in the West, including those that attempt to control elections, are not right for Belarus, the nation’s President Alexander Lukashenko said Monday. Advising his nation to “calm down over [Western] democracy,” Lukashenko implored the students and faculty of the Belarusian State Economic University to consider what is happening in Spain, Italy, France and Greece,... 

While President Aleksandr Lukashenko promises the gradual democratization of Belarus, one of the country’s largest opposition parties has announced it will withdraw all its candidates from the parliamentary poll. “We will use the election campaign as an opportunity to tell voters that Aleksandr Lukashenkois a dead-end, while the exit from this dead-end is free elections,” the leader of the United... 

The Swedish Foreign Minister says Belarus has expelled his country’s ambassador to Minsk “for being too supportive of human rights.” “Outrageous. Shows nature of [President Aleksandr Lukashenko] regime,” Carl Bildt wrote in his twitter micro-blog on Friday. “We have said that the new Belarus ambassador to Sweden is not welcome and have asked two other diplomats to leave,” the minister... 

Countries of the “Russian world” are capable of changing the globe within ten years, believes top cleric of the Russian Orthodox Church Vsevolod Chaplin. ­By the “Russian world” he means states with a historically strong tradition of Orthodox Christianity which, apart from Russia, include Ukraine, Belarus, Greece, Romania and several others. “Our Orthodox civilization may not be that large,... 

Another scandal is brewing in the relations between Belarus and the European Union. This time, it goes about the death sentences against two young men, who were found guilty of conducting the terrorist act in the subway system of the Belarusian capital, Minsk. The largest terrorist act in the history of Belarus took place on April 11, 2011. The explosion ripped through the busiest station of the Minsk... 

President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus The Belarusian president made this shocking statement in response to German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle’s report that Berlin is recalling its ambassador from Minsk. Lukashenko lashed out at the European Union in general and at Westerwelle in particular after the EU imposed new sanctions against a number of Belarusian government officials. “It is... 

Belarusian MPs have blasted a recent resolution of the European Parliament on death penalty in Belarus as an attempt to interfere in the country’s internal affairs. ­The Belarusian parliamentary commission on international affairs has issued an official statement saying that the European Parliament’s resolution on the death penalty in Belarus was a continuation of the practice of pressuring Belarusian... 

Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko. Stricter European sanctions against Belarus will be powerless, says the country’s president Aleksandr Lukashenko. “Please understand that it’s only for the time being that we are tolerating the sanctions you are threatening us with. But as soon as you cross the red line, we’ll respond tough,” the Belarusian leader said on Monday, accepting credentials...