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Lukashenka says no to Russian military base and deeper integration with Russia
Time and again during his over-eight-hour-long press conference, Lukashenka extolled “Belarus’s independence and sovereignty as highest values.” He…
Belarus crisis may not work out as Putin hopes, Shelin says
Those things are possible but not necessarily going to happen, the Rosbalt commentator says, because there is the…
Russian occupation administrations in Donbas recruit militants for action at Belarusian-Russian border – NGO
The Russian occupation administrations in eastern Ukraine's Donbas region are recruiting militants for participating in "actions" outside Ukraine,…
A Russian power scenario during the Belarusian elections?
Ukraine as the bogeyman For the first time in 26 years, Alyaksandr Lukashenka is rapidly, and probably irreversibly,…
Lukashenka rival barred from running for Belarusian president surfaces in Kyiv
Valery Tsepkalo, who was barred from participating in the Belarusian election set for 9 August and escaped to…
Russian Wagner mercenaries arrested in Belarus: ‘little green men’ scenario, fighters in transit, or other?
What happened… The Wagner Group arrived in Minsk on the night of July 24-25; each man carried a…
Moscow’s hybrid war against Belarus recalls its actions in Ukraine in 2013, Vlantsevich says
Moscow can’t afford the consequences of a direct military invasion of Belarus and doesn’t have sufficient resources to…
Were Babich and Belarusian siloviki preparing a coup? Lukashenka appears to think so
Sergey Dorenko, editor of This is Moscow Speaking, says that the Lukashenka regime is engaged in searches and…
When a foreign state buys off officials in another country, it’s more than just bribery
Andrey Dynko, a Belarusian commentator, has reminded the world of something many would like to ignore: when a…
Change of Russian ambassadors won’t slow Moscow’s effort to absorb Belarus, iSANS expert says
The replacement of the brash Mikhail Babich by the more diplomatic Dmitry Mezentsev will not bring any fundamental…
Who is behind reports of a coup plot in Belarus?
Coups and even more reported coup plots are typically murky affairs with one group suggesting someone is planning…
Russia’s creeping annexation of Belarus ‘already taking place,’ Juknevičienė says
Most people see annexation as something that occurs once and for all at a particular time; but in…
Secretly-prepared constitutional changes will open way to Anschluss of Belarus by Putin, Matskevich says
Vladimir Matskevich, a leading Belarusian thinker and sociologist, says that the Belarusian people must demand the convention of…
It’s not just Babich – Russian embassy in Minsk is a subversive organization
Belarusian media have focused on the ways in which Moscow’s ambassador in Minsk, Mikhail Babich, has behaved in…
Belarus already under Russian troll attack designed to give Moscow a base for further aggression
Belarus meets all three requirements as a target for a hybrid war and then use it as a…
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…