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…
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How Alyaksandr Lukashenka stole the Belarus presidential election
More and more countries are declaring the 9 August 2020 elections in Belarus invalid, the latest of them…
From falsifications to Russia’s role: Nine questions and answers about the protests in Belarus
The presidential election in Belarus and the mass protests that followed are raising many questions in Ukraine. Some…
Pillar of Lukashenka’s regime cracks as court journalists abandon ship
Belarusian state media was one of the things propping up Lukashenka’s dictatorship by broadcasting lies on the situation…
To help Belarus, recognize Tsikhanouskaya as the legitimate president-elect
The response of the international community to the state violence that we are currently witnessing in Belarus, will…
Vitaly Portnikov: Belarusians must now make the ultimate choice
It is clear that the Belarusians did not come out because they support Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, who was actually…
A Russian power scenario during the Belarusian elections?
Ukraine as the bogeyman For the first time in 26 years, Alyaksandr Lukashenka is rapidly, and probably irreversibly,…
Lukashenka rival barred from running for Belarusian president surfaces in Kyiv
Valery Tsepkalo, who was barred from participating in the Belarusian election set for 9 August and escaped to…
Belarusian police join #NotMyPresident flashmob amid continued rallies for Lukashenka’s rivals
Photographs started to spread on the Internet with the law enforcement officers expressing solidarity with the people: near…
Elections in Belarus: Lukashenka’s rival and his son detained on secretive charges
Detention of Babaryka demonstrates disregard to detainee’s rights and principles of unbiased investigation Babaryka’s lawyer Alexander Pylchenko described…
Belarusian transition more likely to follow Armenian rather than Ukrainian scenario, Lukyanov says
According to Fyodor Lukyanov, the editor of Russia in Global Affairs and one of the most prominent foreign…
West, Russia face off in Belarus over Baltic–Black Sea waterway project
Plans for a new Baltic–Black Sea waterway, passing through Ukraine, Belarus and Poland, have the potential to revolutionize…
Moscow’s hybrid war against Belarus recalls its actions in Ukraine in 2013, Vlantsevich says
Moscow can’t afford the consequences of a direct military invasion of Belarus and doesn’t have sufficient resources to…
Were Babich and Belarusian siloviki preparing a coup? Lukashenka appears to think so
Sergey Dorenko, editor of This is Moscow Speaking, says that the Lukashenka regime is engaged in searches and…
When a foreign state buys off officials in another country, it’s more than just bribery
Andrey Dynko, a Belarusian commentator, has reminded the world of something many would like to ignore: when a…
Change of Russian ambassadors won’t slow Moscow’s effort to absorb Belarus, iSANS expert says
The replacement of the brash Mikhail Babich by the more diplomatic Dmitry Mezentsev will not bring any fundamental…
Who is behind reports of a coup plot in Belarus?
Coups and even more reported coup plots are typically murky affairs with one group suggesting someone is planning…
‘Look at us: everything is possible’ – Zelenskyi’s existential challenge to Putinism
Whatever policies he adopts or concessions he makes, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has so challenged Vladimir Putin’s vision of the…
Russia’s creeping annexation of Belarus ‘already taking place,’ Juknevičienė says
Most people see annexation as something that occurs once and for all at a particular time; but in…
Secretly-prepared constitutional changes will open way to Anschluss of Belarus by Putin, Matskevich says
Vladimir Matskevich, a leading Belarusian thinker and sociologist, says that the Belarusian people must demand the convention of…