A political prisoner and well-known artist, Aleksandr "Ales" Pushkin, has died in Belarus under unknown circumstances. Source: human rights centre Vyasna, the Belarusian edition of Radio Free Europe - Radio Liberty Details: On 11 July, Pushkin's wife reported that he died in intensive care under unknown circumstances.
Lukashenko claims that the Wagner Group's founder Yevgeny Prigozhin is back in Russia. After banning several Ukrainian media outlets for allegedly “discrediting” him, Lukashenko signs a law permitting Belarus to ban media from so-called “unfriendly countries.”
In April 2021, Aleksandr Lukashenko signed Decree No.160 “On the official heraldic symbols of the prosecutor's office" that also provided for the establishment of the banner of the Belarusian Prosecutor's Office.