5 things you need to know about Lukashenka’s crackdown on Minsk protests
On 25 March 2017, Belarusians marked Freedom Day (Dzen Voli), an unofficial holiday to commemorate the creation of…
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Lukashenka’s crackdown will not intimidate Belarusians now, Kalyakin says
Alyaksandr Lukashenka may crack down on protesters later this month in a bloody fashion just as he did…
“Anti-parasite tax rallies” throughout Belarus end in mass arrests
Over the past month, a wave of protests against the so -called "decree on social parasites" has rolled…
Russian agents in Minsk pushing Lukashenka to crack down hard, Belarusian analysts say
Russian agents in the Belarusian security services along with Russian agents in the blogosphere are calling on Alyaksandr…
The Belarusian nation has risen against Lukashenka
The Lukashenka regime, “like many other post-Soviet authoritarian” systems, rests “not on the total support of the citizens…
A Rubicon is crossed: Like Ukrainians, Belarusians now view fighting despotism as patriotic
The Belarusian protests have crossed a Rubicon in recent days, Roman Popkov argues: Belarusians taking part in them…
Belarusian protesters win a real victory: officials feel compelled to meet with them
Yesterday, the mayor of Brest agreed to take questions from Belarusians protesting against the vagrants tax law, a…
West’s failure to focus on Belarus protests creating a dangerous situation, Kirillova says
Anti-Lukashenka protests in Belarus are continuing, drawing energy from popular anger outside of Minsk. But because they are…
Belarus now pregnant with revolution – Lukashenka losing his base in countryside
Mass demonstrations are taking place in four major cities of Belarus today, and the protest against construction at…
Belarusian demonstrators against Vagrants Law now protest against Lukashenka regime
Over the last ten days, something remarkable has happened in Belarus: Protests against Minsk’s efforts to extract more…
Tax revolt in Belarus: 90% billed for Lukashenka’s vagrants tax refuse to pay
Only 51,600 of the more than 470,000 Belarusians – roughly five percent of the country’s population – who…
Lukashenka fans the flames by threatening Belarusian shrine
Even as some are suggesting that Alyaksandr Lukashenka might disown the vagrants tax that has sparked mass protests…
Putin has as much to fear in Belarusian protests as Lukashenka does, Portnikov says
Because the money is running out and because Russia can no longer make up the difference, Alyaksandr Lukashenka…
Minsk said preparing to disperse protesters by force
Nikolay Kozlov, a retired Belarusian interior ministry lieutenant colonel and deputy head of the independent United Civic Party,…
Anti-Luskashenka protests spread across Belarus, as Moscow mulls response
One of the most curious characteristics of revolutions is that they often begin when something happens that ordinarily…
Belarus now prime candidate for Russian invasion, and anti-Lukashenka protests may hasten it
In the course of an interview with Kyiv’s Apostrophe portal, Russian commentator Andrey Illarionov says that “Belarus is…
‘Russian spies interfered with Nobel Committee to prevent Poroshenko Peace Prize’ and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
“Moscow can’t find builder for new military base on Ukrainian border” and other neglected Russian stories
Putin’s Rating Falls as Russians Trust Their Own Eyes More and His TV Less. Polls show that Vladimir…
Kuropaty, the Soviet killing fields in Belarus — world must not forget
Zianon Pazniak, who 28 years ago published an article exposing the Soviet killing fields at Kuropaty, a wooded…
“Reposts are the Soviet anecdotes of today” and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…