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Alexei Bayer: Landscape after Lukashenko

A chorus of Russian politicians, propagandists, and ordinary concerned citizens on social media howl about the possibility of “another Maidan” in …
Alexei Bayer

Victoria Petrenko: Why energy sanctions against Belarus are a bad idea

On Aug. 12, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in an interview with RFE/RL in Prague condemned the violent crackdown on peaceful protesters in …
Victoria Petrenko

Head of Russia Today calls for Russian military intervention into Belarus

Top Russian propagandist Margarita Simonyan, chief editor of the state Russia Today news agency, called on Russia to invade Belarus to restore order …
Oleksiy Sorokin

Eugene Czolij: Belarus, new battleground for democracy, should not be ignored

On Aug. 11, 2020, the European Union’s high representative for foreign affairs and security policy declared that the Aug. 9 Belarus presidential …
Eugene Czolij

Svetlana Tikhanovskaya calls for nationwide protests in Belarus on Aug. 15-16 (VIDEO)

Editor’s Note: The following is an appeal by Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, who fled to Lithuania after Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko declared …
Kyiv Post

Lukashenko falsifies election, declares war on Belarusians

Five days after Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko claimed a landslide sixth electoral victory, the streets of Minsk resemble a war …
Oleksiy Sorokin

Belarus protests turn violent, Tikhanovskaya flees country under pressure

Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, the opposition candidate who many believe won the Aug. 9 presidential election, has fled Belarus under state pressure as …
Oleksiy Sorokin

5 activists detained while protesting Lukashenko in Kyiv (PHOTOS)

Around 100 people rallied next to the Embassy of Belarus in Kyiv on Aug. 10 to protest the alleged rigging of the Aug. 9 presidential election in …
Oleg Petrasiuk

Belarus election: International community criticizes vote, crackdown on protesters

Elections in authoritarian Belarus have long been only a simulacrum of democracy. So it wasn’t a surprise for many when a government-backed exit poll …
Oleksiy Sorokin

Dozens injured, thousands arrested as Belarusians protest alleged election fraud (UPDATE)

Editor’s Note: This story has been updated due to new information. Dozens of people have been injured and up to several thousand protesters have been …
Anna Myroniuk

Belarusians in Kyiv wait hours to vote, hope for change at home

Elections in authoritarian Belarus have long been only a simulacrum of democracy. But this year, the country’s presidential vote is turning into a …
Oleksiy Sorokin

A Dictator’s End?

Twenty-six years after first entering office, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has turned to unprecedented brutality to remain in power. In …
Oleksiy Sorokin

Belarus says it arrested Russian militants that fought against Ukraine in Donbas

Belarus authorities on July 29 arrested 33 Russian nationals who they say came to the country to “destabilize the situation” before the Aug. 9 …
Oleksiy Sorokin

Belarus dictator Lukashenko seeks to crush dissent to him

Belarus is about to hold its sixth presidential election on Aug. 9. Incumbent Alexander Lukashenko has won all the previous votes — and all but the …
Oleksiy Sorokin

In Belarus, coronavirus-denying dictator plans mass Victory Day parade

The number of officially registered COVID-19 cases in Belarus passed 20,000 on May 7. Local hospitals are filled with patients, while independent …
Oleksiy Sorokin
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