Belarus decriminalised homosexuality in 1994 after the collapse of the Soviet Union, but it doesn’t recognise same-sex marriages and lacks protection for LGBTQ+ rights.
The government said the move was aimed at stabilizing domestic fuel supplies amid rising global oil prices linked to the Middle East war and ahead of the spring planting season.
The Arctic Metagaz was abandoned in the Mediterranean after it was hit by a series of explosions while it was ferrying a consignment LNG from Russia to Egypt.
“A vessel from the Russian Federation broke through the blockade. A second one is now being loaded. We will not leave the Cubans in trouble,” Russian Energy Minister Sergei Tsivilev said.
The Russian dictator also dismissed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's call for an Easter ceasefire, claiming the proposal was too vague to lead to a lasting peace.