Chairperson of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus Natalya Kochanova and Chairwoman of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Valentina Matviyenko discussed the engagement of MPs in the Union State agenda, BelTA learned from the press service of the upper house of parliament.

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko and President of Russia Vladimir Putin talked for about an hour one-on-one in the Kremlin before a session of the Supreme State Council of the Union State of Belarus and Russia, BelTA has learned.

The Supreme State Council of the Union State of Belarus and Russia has decided in favor of connecting the Belarusian cities of Orsha and Vitebsk and the Russian city of Smolensk with suburban trains. The relevant ordinance of the Supreme State Council was signed as a result of the council’s session held in Moscow on 26 February, BelTA has learned.

Belarus and Russia are guided by real-life needs in the development of the Union State, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State of Belarus and Russia in Moscow on 26 February, BelTA has learned.

In 2025, residents of 80 countries received health treatment at Belarusian health resorts, Director of the National Center for Recuperation and Health Resort Treatment Gennady Bolbatovsky told journalists ahead of the national meeting to discuss the results of the work of Belarus’ recuperation and health resort treatment system in 2025 and key tasks for 2026, BelTA has learned.

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