Inside Belarus’ Cyber Partisans who derailed Putin’s “Kyiv in three days” war plan
In 2022, Russia's Kyiv blitz stumbled over Belarus’s hacker rebels, fighting two dictators at once from inside Europe’s harshest regime.
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National revival is Belarus’ best defense against Putin and Lukashenka
After a century of Russification leaving just 1 in 10 Belarusians speaking their native tongue, revitalizing national identity is the only recourse against the Putin-Lukashenka axis of repression.
More than most post-Soviet nations, Belarusians beginning to overcome Soviet mentality, Dryndov says
Belarusians are beginning to overcome their Soviet mentality and to demand democracy and a law-based state, Olga Dryndova,…
Discover Belarus, “the country of nine million hostages,” with Belarusian writer Andrei Khadanovich
What Belarusians fear B.B.: How can you live and create in such conditions, when authorities can stop a…
“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…
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…
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…
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…
Students, IT workers quit Belarus for Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania
The “Belarus of the Future” Charitable Foundation in Ukraine and the Polish government are ready to help incoming…
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…
Belarus election: why strongman Alyaksandr Lukashenka faces unprecedented resistance
Lukashenka has faced opposition before. In 2006 and 2010 Belarusian citizens attempted to call for democratic reforms, but…
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…
At least 240 arrested in Belarus protests against barring of opposition candidates (photos, videos)
Minsk, Belarus. 14 July 2020. Detention of journalists of Euroradio, Radio Svoboda, Belsat during live streaming. The video…
Bleak future for Belarus seen if Europe follows US and ends backing for opposition
US President Donald Trump has proposed cutting all assistance to the democratic opposition in Belarus, a move that…