What Others Are Writing About Belarus – 5 November 2026

In brief

• LRT reports that Lithuanian border guards turned back 28 illegal migrants on the border with Belarus within one day; the portal recalls that this year a total of over 1.8 thousand migrants were not admitted, and in 2025 there were over 1.6 thousand attempts.
• According to Meduza, citing an analysis by Sergey Potapkin of Carnegie Politika, Latvian President Edgars Rinkēvičs declared in September 2026 his readiness to deploy nuclear weapons, and in October the Lithuanian Seimas voted to abolish the constitutional ban on their placement in Lithuania.
• Meduza recalls that the 1997 Russia–NATO Founding Act excluded the deployment of nuclear weapons on the territory of new Alliance members, and that after 2022 Moscow – according to this analysis – has been using its nuclear arsenal as a tool of pressure.
• Rossijskaja Gazieta, described by the portal as a propaganda outlet, reports on a summary by Belarusian Foreign Minister Maksim Ryzhenkov of the two-day Minsk International Conference on Eurasian Security; the assessment of the conference as open and non-political comes solely from the Belarusian side and has not been verified.
• The same newspaper, citing the BELTA agency, reports on the project "Become a Student of the Belarusian State Agricultural Academy for One Day", aimed at pupils from Belarus and Russia.

Lithuanian press

According to the Lithuanian LRT (Lithuanian public broadcaster), the Valstybės sienos apsaugos tarnyba (State Border Guard Service) reported on Thursday that in the last day 28 illegal migrants were turned back on Lithuania's border with Belarus. The portal recalls that this year a total of over 1.8 thousand illegal migrants were not admitted to Lithuania, and in 2025 there were over 1.6 thousand such attempts. (Pasienyje su Baltarusija apgręžti 28 neteisėti migrantai – LRT)

Russian press

According to the Russian independent portal Meduza, which publishes an analysis by Carnegie Politika by political scientist Sergey Potapkin of the Latvian Institute of International Affairs, Latvian President Edgars Rinkēvičs declared in September 2026 that his country may deploy nuclear weapons, and in October the Lithuanian Seimas voted to abolish the constitutional ban on placing such weapons on Lithuanian territory. Meduza recalls that the 1997 Russia–NATO Founding Act excluded the deployment of nuclear weapons on the territory of new Alliance members, and that after 2022 Moscow – according to this analysis – began using its nuclear arsenal as a tool of pressure, which prompted the Baltic states to strengthen ties with guarantees from nuclear powers. (Латвия и Литва хотят разместить у себя ядерное оружие. А это вообще возможно? Анализ Carnegie Politika – Meduza)

According to Rossijskaja Gazieta (propaganda media), that is, a Russian state-controlled daily, Belarusian Foreign Minister Maksim Ryzhenkov, speaking to journalists, summarized the two-day Minsk International Conference on Eurasian Security, pointing to growing demand for such a discussion. The propaganda message presents the conference as a platform open to everyone, non-political in contrast to some other dialogue forums, which, however, is a claim made solely by the Belarusian side and has not been verified here. (Рыженков: Минская конференция позволяет свободно выражать свое мнение – Rossijskaja Gazieta (media propagandowe))

Rossijskaja Gazieta (propaganda media) reports that under the project "Become a Student of the Belarusian State Agricultural Academy for One Day", pupils from Belarus and Russia can experience the atmosphere of student life by taking part in lectures, laboratory classes and quizzes. According to the report, the programme was announced by the BELTA agency, citing BGSKhA. This is propaganda content promoting agricultural education as modern and attractive. (Школьники Союзного государства смогут оценить профессию агрария – Rossijskaja Gazieta (media propagandowe))