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Struggle for Belarus: Minsk is promoting Belarusianization; Moscow, re-Sovietization
Minsk is promoting the Belarusianization of Belarus while Moscow is pushing its re-Sovietization. But because both are being…
Can Forrest Gump defeat Russian propaganda in Belarus?
Sometimes the simultaneous appearance of two stories apparently unrelated sheds light on issues more clearly than either of…
‘Putin’s aggression in Ukraine: 35,000 killed and wounded’ and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Zapad-2017 – anything but a joint Russian-Belarusian exercise, Sivitsky says
Moscow has advertised Zapad-2017 as a joint Russian-Belarusian military exercise, but it is anything but as it includes…
“Zapad-2017”: Russian sabre rattling towards eastern Europe
Major border incidents unlikely but the upcoming Russia-Belarus military exercises demonstrate the extent of Russia’s potential reach. A…
‘For Putin’s Visit, Perm Becomes Ultimate Potemkin Village’ and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Russian FSB accuses Ukrainian teen it abducted of “terrorism”
Russia’s FSB has confirmed that the Ukrainian teenager Pavlo Hryb, who went missing in Belarus on 24 August…
Is Lukashenka worried about the loyalty of the Belarusian siloviki?
Less than two weeks from when a joint Russian-Belarusian military exercise is scheduled to begin, Belarusian President Alyaksandr…
Russian FSB abducts Ukrainian teen who went to meet a girl in Belarus
On Ukraine’s Independence Day, 24 August, Pavlo traveled from Chernihiv in northern Ukraine to the neighboring Belarusian city…
Russian-speaking Belarusians and Ukrainians threaten Putin’s ‘Russian world’ and Russia itself
Most commentaries on Belarus and Ukraine suggest that the relatively large Russian-speaking populations in these two countries are…
Military expert Starykov: Zapad-2017 war games in Belarus designed to demonstrate Russia’s military power
“The Vienna Document stipulates that there cannot be more than 12,000 troops participating in military exercises, but there…
Zapad-2017: military games with an unpredictable ending
Just weeks remain until the joint Russian-Belarusian military exercises Zapad-2017 take place. It is expected that they will be held…
Beer labels, passports now apples of discord among Poles, Lithuanians, Belarusians and Ukrainians
Peoples who live in regions where borders have been changed frequently often find themselves at odds with each…
‘Belarusians aren’t Russians and never will be’
In 2003, Leonid Kuchma published a book emphasizing that “Ukraine is Not Russia” in response to increasing Russian…
“Putin’s three greatest ‘achievements’ – unifying Ukraine, the US and the West” and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Is it beginning in Belarus? ‘Little green men’ appear alongside Russian troops in Vitebsk
A man from the Belarusian city of Vitebsk, a city not far from the Russian border, has posted…
‘Is Putin a CIA agent or only the richest man on Earth?’ and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Belarus and Ukraine cooperate in the face of Russian pressure
The ‘age-old friendship’ (in Lukashenka’s terms) between Alexander Lukashenka and Petro Poroshenko may appear paradoxical: the former is…
‘Syrian war has cost Russia $2.2 billion already’ and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Belarus not threatened by a Ukrainian scenario: It has its own ‘little green men,’ Ukrainian analyst says
Belarus is not currently threatened by a Russian action like the one Moscow has carried out in Ukraine…