MINSK, 25 July (BelTA) – The presidents of Belarus and Russia, Aleksandr Lukashenko and Vladimir Putin, met on the island of Valaam (Lake Ladoga) in Karelia, BelTA has learned. When in the Valaam ...

The ROC is in the business of war propaganda. In the church of the Smolensk icon of the Mother of God on the territory of the Valaam Monastery (Karelia, Russia), which Putin and Lukashenko visited on ...

MINSK, 26 July (BelTA) — The presidents of Belarus and Russia, Aleksandr Lukashenko and Vladimir Putin, continue informal communication on the island of Valaam in Karelia, Russia, BelTA has learned.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, front, embraces Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko during their visit to the Smolensky Skete of Valaam Monastery at Valaam island in Ladoga lake, Republic of ...

President Putin was speaking during a visit to the Valaam Monastery in north-western Russia Russian President Vladimir Putin has voiced hopes for further peace talks with Ukraine - but stressed his ...

Russia’s famed Valaam Monastery, on an island on Lake Ladoga, is renowned for austere boreal beauty. Popular with tourists, it’s maintained in part by Russian Orthodox monks who take vows of chastity ...

A test of successful negotiation. On the evening of August 3, Alexander Lukashenko returned to Belarus after a three-day visit to Russia. This time Vladimir Putin invited his "little brother" to visit ...