Moscow hopes to ‘Belarusianize’ Ukraine by dangling possibility of lower gas prices, Portnikov says
In January 1992, Moscow told Estonia that henceforth, the Baltic nation would have to pay Russia world prices…
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When Moscow talks of ‘deep integration’ of Belarus, it means annexation, Lukashenka says
Speaking in Minsk today, Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka says that “under the pretext of ‘deep integration,’” Moscow wants…
Three telling poll results from Belarus
Polls in authoritarian countries like Belarus are hardly reliable given that many people there doubt that surveys are…
Lukashenka tells Putin’s new man in Minsk: ‘Belarus will not ever be part of Russia’
In his extended first meeting with Mikhail Babich, Putin’s new ambassador to Minsk, Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka made…
Moscow officials currently preparing for Anschluss of Belarus, Larionov says
Moscow’s demand that Minsk agree to the opening of a Russian base in Belarus in order to continue…
Putin’s man in Minsk unlikely to achieve Putin’s purposes, Yegorov says
Many are worried that Vladimir Putin’s new man in Minsk, Mikhail Babich, the new Russian ambassador and special…
West’s paramount task is to prevent Belarus from being swallowed up by Russia, Melianas says
Imantas Melianas, a senior Lithuanian specialist on ethnic minorities and national security, says that the most important task…
Moscow pursuing ‘forced integration’ of Belarus into Russia now, Sivitsky says
Russian actions toward Belarus since 2015 show that Moscow is no longer pursuing the “union deal” it had…
Could Putin’s pseudo-Cossacks on Belarusian border become ‘the little green men’ in Belarus?
As relations between Moscow and Minsk deteriorate, the Russian government has moved units of Vladimir Putin’s pseudo-Cossacks into…
Are Russian oligarchs serving as Putin’s ‘little green men’ in Belarus?
In the wake of the political changes in Yerevan, Belarusian analysts are saying that Moscow would not react…
Fearful of Moscow and his own people, Lukashenka fails to crush pro-Russian march in Minsk on Victory Day
Despite his heavy-handed approach to any and all demonstrations that he and his regime have not approved in…
Putin planning to interfere in Belarusian elections to replace Lukashenka, Sivitsky says
Russians already now are “considering scenarios of a so-called ‘transit of power’ in Belarus” in the parliamentary and…
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…
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…
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…
The story of a petition against IMF’s $3bn loan to “bloody dictator of Belarus”| Letter to the editor
About a month ago thousands of people in Belarus took to the streets all over the country in…
Russia and Belarus protests – ‘part of general crisis in post-Soviet space,’ Portnikov says
The anti-corruption protests in Russia and the anti-vagrants tax ones in Belarus are “the direct result of the…
Is Lukashenka running out of bullets? – and three other reasons why Belarus will never be the same again
In Gorbachev’s time, many Russians told an anecdote about a man who, having stood in line for hours…
Two Dictators and Two Responses
For more than two decades, many governments and commentators in the West have allowed themselves to feel morally…
How dictators crack down on dissent. A guidebook from Lukashenka
Protests have been engulfing Belarus for more than a month. They started with rallies against a tax on…
