Former TUT.BY journalists launch new website as Lukashenka regime smothers free press
“When the number of independent outlets falls in Belarus, it’s time to open new ones,” says Zerkalo.io After…
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“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…
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…
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…
‘Belarusians aren’t Russians and never will be’
In 2003, Leonid Kuchma published a book emphasizing that “Ukraine is Not Russia” in response to increasing Russian…
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…
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…
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…
Punished peoples fight Putin’s war on history with monuments to their deportations
A new book documents the way that the peoples whom Stalin deported are seeking to preserve the memory…
Inauguration of memorial to Belarusians who died on Maidan and in ATO zone
The memorial represents a cross in the colours of the national flag of Belarus. The memorial site…
Ukrainian events ‘Belarusianizing’ Belarus, Kyiv commentator says
As a result of events in Ukraine, a Kyiv commentator says, “a large number” of Belarusians has “suddenly…