Illustrative photo Beneath Lukashenko’s rhetoric about peace at the Minsk Conference on Eurasian Security lies the systematic militarization of the country, managed fear, and an attempt to consolidate power amid internal weakness

On October 20, Lukashenko signed the decree "On the Fixing of Raw Material Zones"

In recent months, the regime has been assuring us: “Belarus is for peace.” But if you look closely at its actions, we see the exact opposite. When a state speaks of peace but prepares for war, it means someone has already made the decision for us

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In Belarus, power has long since turned into the personal shop of one man and his inner circle. A country where state borders protect not the interests of the people, but the flow of contraband

The situation of mass repressions in Belarus, the growing number of political prisoners, the torture of political detainees in Belarusian prisons, and the persecution of civil society in Belarus were discussed during meetings of Pavel Latushka, Deputy Head of the UTC and Head of the NAM, with representatives of the Permanent Missions of EU member states working at the UN Office in Geneva

Full textual version of Pavel Latushka’s remarks for Zerkalo

Pavel Latushka with Marshal of the Greater Poland Voivodeship Marek Woźniak. Poland, 2025. Photo: NAM Media Issues of support for Belarusian students studying in the Greater Poland Voivodeship and addressing the problems of the Belarusian diaspora were discussed during a meeting between Deputy Head of the United Transitional Cabinet, delegate of the Coordination Council Pavel Latushka, and Marshal of the Greater Poland Voivodeship Marek Woźniak, which took place in Poznań

On October 23, 2025, the European Union approved a new package of sanctions aimed at the financial system serving the Lukashenka regime

Pavel Latushka, and the new representative of the Swedish MFA for relations with the Belarusian democratic forces, Ambassador Patrik Svensson, as well as Tove Wennergren, Head of the Eastern Europe Department of the Eastern Europe and Central Asia Division of the Swedish MFA

Theses of the speech by Pavel Latushka, Deputy Head of the United Transitional Cabinet and Head of the National Anti-Crisis Management, at the Berlin Belarus Future Forum 2025

Theses of the speech by Pavel Latushka, Deputy Head of the United Transitional Cabinet and Head of the National Anti-Crisis Management, at the reception hosted in the framework of the Weimar Triangle on the occasion of a meeting with the Belarusian democratic forces in connection with the OSCE Human Dimension Conference

At the request of, and in cooperation with, members of the European Parliament delegation for relations with Belarus, which is preparing the resolution on Belarus, the faction "Latushka Team and the Movement For Freedom" worked over Saturday and Sunday on submitting proposals to the draft resolution of the European Parliament

The Office for Foreigners of Poland continues to accept applications for international protection from citizens of Belarus and to review applications that have already been submitted — this was confirmed today by the head of the Office for Foreigners, Tomasz Cytrynowicz, during a meeting of the working group on the legalization of Belarusians under the Ministry of the Interior of Poland

As part of his working visit to Paris, Pavel Latushka, Deputy Head of the United Transitional Cabinet and Head of the National Anti-Crisis Management (NAM), held a meeting with the Minister of Justice of France, Gérald Darmanin

During the meeting between Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya and the President of the National Assembly of France, Yaël Braun-Pivet, Pavel Latushka, Deputy Head of the United Transitional Cabinet and Head of the National Anti-Crisis Management (NAM), noted that France has always been, and remains, a leader in defending human rights, justice, and democracy

Emphasized Pavel Latushka, Deputy Head of the United Transitional Cabinet of Belarus and member of the Coordination Council, during the third meeting of the Alliance of Parliamentary Groups ‘For Democratic Belarus’, held in Paris and organized by the National Assembly of France

Pavel Latushka and Uladzimir Astapenka will take part in the third meeting of the Alliance of Parliamentary Groups "For Democratic Belarus", organized by the National Assembly of France, which is being held on 6–7 October in Paris