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Events of the year 2025 in Belarus.

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Events

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Ongoing: Belarusian involvement in Russian invasion of Ukraine; Belarus–European Union border crisis

January

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February

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  • 12 February – Three people detained in Belarusian prisons, including an American national and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty journalist Andrey Kuznechyk, are released from custody and sent to Lithuania following diplomatic intervention by the US.[2]

March

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  • 10 March – President Lukashenko appoints Aleksandr Turchin as prime minister.[3]
  • 17 March – A Japanese resident of Gomel is convicted and sentenced by the Minsk City Court to seven years' imprisonment for spying for Japanese intelligence.[4]
  • 25 March – President Lukashenko is inaugurated for a seventh term in office.[5]
  • 31 March – An American national is arrested for illegally entering Belarus after being discovered inside an empty train car that had arrived in Maladzyechna from Lithuania.[6]

April

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  • 30 April – Youras Ziankovich, a dual US-Belarusian national imprisoned for allegedly plotting to overthrow and assassinate President Lukashenko, is released.[7]

May

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  • 7 May – President Lukashenko issues pardons to 42 imprisoned opposition activists.[8]
  • 19 May – Lithuania files a case at the International Court of Justice against Belarus accusing it of organising the trafficking of migrants into its territory.[9]

June

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  • 21 June – Opposition leader Sergei Tikhanovsky and 13 other political prisoners are released from prison and deported to Lithuania following a pardon as a result of negotiations with Trump's envoy in Minsk.[10]

July

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  • 23 July – Russian president Vladimir Putin signs a law allowing Belarusian citizens living as permanently residents in Russia to vote in local elections and run for local office.[11]
  • 25 July – Journalist Danil Palianski is convicted and sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment on charges of treason and revealing state secrets.[12]

September

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  • 3 September – Andrei Podnebenny, a Russian political prisoner sentenced to 16 years' imprisonment by a Belarusian court in 2022 on charges including extremism, arson and vandalism, dies in custody at a jail in Mogilev.[13]
  • 4 September – A Polish Carmelite monk is arrested in Lyepyel on charges of spying on military drills involving Russia.[14]
  • 8 September – The Czech Security Information Service announces the dismantling of an espionage network operating across several European countries and run by the Belarusian KGB following a joint operation by the Czech Republic, Romania, and Hungary, prompting the expulsion of a Belarusian diplomat in Prague.[15]
  • 11 September – The United States lifts sanctions against the Belarusian flag carrier Belavia following the release of 52 political prisoners by the Belarusian government. The prisoners are deported to Lithuania; however, opposition leader Mikola Statkevich refuses to be deported and is returned to prison.[16]
  • 12–16 September – The Zapad 2025 joint Russian-Belarusian military exercise is held, prompting Poland to close its border with Belarus.[17]
  • 16 September –
    • Lukashenko issues pardons to 25 people convicted on charges of extremism.[18]
    • Journalist Ihar Ilyash is sentenced to four years' imprisonment on charges of extremism.[19]
  • 19 September – Belarus expels a Czech diplomat in retaliation for the expulsion of a Belarusian diplomat from the Czech Republic on 8 September.[20]
  • 27 September – The International Paralympic Committee lifts the partial suspension of Russia and Belarus from competition that had been imposed following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022.[21]

Holidays

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Further information: Public holidays in Belarus

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Deaths

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Lukashenko Extends 30-Year Rule in Election Decried by Exiled Opposition". The Moscow Times. 27 January 2025. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
  2. ^ "Belarus releases three prisoners, including US citizen and jailed journalist". France 24. 13 February 2025. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
  3. ^ "Lukashenko appoints Alexander Turchin as Belarus's new PM". The Kyiv Independent. 10 March 2025. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
  4. ^ "A Japanese man handed 7-year sentence in Belarus on charges of working for Japanese intelligence". AP News. 20 March 2025. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
  5. ^ "Authoritarian leader of Belarus is sworn for a 7th term and tells his critics 'you have no future'". AP News. 25 March 2025. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
  6. ^ "Belarusian authorities detain an American accused of arriving illegally on an empty train". AP News. 31 March 2025. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
  7. ^ "Belarus releases US citizen who was jailed for years". AP News. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  8. ^ "Belarus' authoritarian leader pardons 42 imprisoned activists". AP News. 7 May 2025. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
  9. ^ "Lithuania takes Belarus to top UN court over alleged smuggling of migrants". AP News. 20 May 2025. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
  10. ^ "Belarus Opposition Leader Tikhanovsky Freed From Jail". The Moscow Times. 21 June 2025. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  11. ^ "Belarusians Living in Russia Granted Right to Vote and Run in Local Elections". The Moscow Times. 23 July 2025. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  12. ^ "Belarus journalist is convicted of treason and jailed for 10 years as crackdown on dissent continues". AP News. 9 August 2025.
  13. ^ "Russian Political Prisoner Dies in Belarusian Jail". The Moscow Times. 8 September 2025.
  14. ^ "Belarus detains Polish Carmelite monk for alleged spying". AP News. 6 September 2025.
  15. ^ "Romania, Czechia, and Hungary disband Belarusian espionage network in Europe". The Kyiv Independent. 9 September 2025. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
  16. ^ "Belarus frees 52 prisoners, Lithuanian president says". AP News. 11 September 2025. Retrieved 11 September 2025.
  17. ^ "Poland сloses border with Belarus as Russian-Belarusian Zapad drills begin". The Kyiv Independent. 12 September 2025. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  18. ^ "Lukashenko pardons another 25 political prisoners ahead of Unity Day". The Kyiv Independent. 16 September 2025. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
  19. ^ "Belarus sentences journalist to 4 years in prison, days after release of over 50 political prisoners". AP News. 17 September 2025. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  20. ^ "Belarus expels Czech diplomat in tit-for-tat move after Prague makes spy ring accusations". AP News. 20 September 2025. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  21. ^ "International Paralympic Committee Lifts Partial Suspensions of Russia, Belarus". The Moscow Times. 27 September 2025. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
  22. ^ "Belarus Public Holidays 2025". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  23. ^ "National and Public Holidays and Commemorative Dates". Press Service of the President of the Republic of Belarus. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  24. ^ "Памёр Эдвард Зайкоўскі". Наша Ніва (in Belarusian). 22 July 2025. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
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