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Daily review: Putin & Lukashenka reveal intentions, Ukraine consults with NATO, opposition in Ukraine rallies against “Kremlin agents in offices”

Past 24 hours in the war zone Russian-led militants launch 5 attacks on Ukrainian positions in Donetsk, Luhansk…

byBohdan Ben

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The post-Soviet oligarchy and how it shaped national state politics | 30 Years of Freedom, p.2

Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia Van Voren: Of course, you have a number of Lithuanians who managed quite cleverly to…

byBohdan Ben

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International

Lukashenka says no to Russian military base and deeper integration with Russia

Time and again during his over-eight-hour-long press conference, Lukashenka extolled “Belarus’s independence and sovereignty as highest values.” He…

byThe Jamestown Foundation

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A year of disinformation in Belarus: Infographic

Disinformation is at the heart of Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s regime. The illegitimate president of Belarus has been clinging to power based…

byEU East StratCom Task Force

Map: Russia (red), Belarus (pink), and Ukraine (yellow)

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Baltic-Russian borders today: A reversal of fortune from the First Cold War

Now, once again, barriers are going up between East and West not everywhere but where they are it…

byPaul A. Goble

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International

Belarusian politics and the tyranny of simple solutions

On July 20, Belarus’s President Alyaksandr Lukashenka conducted a foreign policy revision meeting. That same day, the Roundtable…

byThe Jamestown Foundation

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After gutting independent media, Lukashenka regime comes after human rights activists

In the past week, Belarusian journalists and activists opposing regime have been living in a nightmare. The country…

byYuliia Rudenko

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International

Former TUT.BY journalists launch new website as Lukashenka regime smothers free press

“When the number of independent outlets falls in Belarus, it’s time to open new ones,” says Zerkalo.io After…

byAlya Shandra

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Hybrid War

Russian propaganda denigrating Belarusian dissident Pratasevich kidnapped by Lukashenka

The pro-Kremlin ecosystem has established its talking points on Lukashenka’s act of, in the words of the CEO…

byEU East StratCom Task Force

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International

Belarus kidnapping: what international law says about capture of dissident journalist Roman Protasevich

But the full details of what happened remain a matter of dispute. The Belarusian authorities claim that they…

byThe Conversation

Vladimir Putin and Alyaksandr Lukashenka, the authoritarian rulers of Russia and Belarus

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Belarus crisis may not work out as Putin hopes, Shelin says

Those things are possible but not necessarily going to happen, the Rosbalt commentator says, because there is the…

byPaul A. Goble

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International

“A blatant North Korea in the center of Europe.” Belarusian refugees explain why it’s so difficult to beat the dictatorship

Her name is Maria; her husband is Valeriy. I get anxious as I ladle them borscht in my…

byAlya Shandra

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Tsikhanouskaya says Belarusian opposition has “lost the streets” for now but won’t end the revolution

In an interview with Le Temps, Sviatlana Tsikhanoŭskaya says that at present, the Belarusian opposition has “lost the streets”…

byPaul A. Goble

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International

Strategic thinking and a fight for Belarusian democracy

“Remember, I said a year ago […] that perhaps a time will come when [Russian President Vladimir] Putin…

byThe Jamestown Foundation

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International

Survivor on Lukashenka’s hitlist tells why dictator wanted to murder journalist Sheremet

The wiretapped recording from 2012 contains the voice attributed to the then-head of the Belarusian KGB Vadym Zaitsev,…

byEuromaidan Press Staff

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International

Belarusian KGB revelations shake official Ukrainian version in Sheremet murder

Since Pavel Sheremet was murdered in July 2016 in Kyiv, Ukrainian investigators had a difficult time figuring out…

byAlya Shandra

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International

Three months of Belarusian gridlock: do the protesters have a chance?

It is now three months since Belarusians said they had enough of the rule of the “last dictator…

byAlya Shandra

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International

Policeman who fled Belarus: Lukashenka’s siloviki brainwashed into supporting the regime

On the very first day of the protests, Belarusian policemen proved themselves to be brutal defenders of Lukashenka’s…

byOlena Makarenko

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International

Lukashenka jails and expells all opposition leaders but Belarus protests show no sign of decline

All opposition leaders jailed or expelled If self-proclaimed president-elect Alyaksandr Lukashenka thought he would defuse the protests shaking…

byAlya Shandra

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International

Meet the 73-year-old granny who became an icon of the protests against Lukashenka

Nina Baginskaya, a 73-year-old Belarusian pensioner and civil activist, has taken part in protests since 1988 – first…

byBohdan Ben