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…
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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,…