#BELARUS

Sam Greene

samagreene

We should not be negotiating Belarus’s future with Moscow or anyone else. Belarusians will choose their path, just as Armenians did theirs. But @carlbildt is right that any new gov’t

Francis Scarr

francska1

It's currently nigh on impossible to discern any clear message from Russian state TV on BelarusThe Kremlin is seemingly keeping its options open as it waits to see how things

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arnaerr

[thread]CW POLICE BRUTALITY, BLOOD, INJURIES, RAPE, ASSAULT, TORTURE.PLEASE SHARE!! It’s very important for more people to know about violence in #Belarus! There’s a lot of info about it, but it’s

CIT (en)

CITeam_en

Many of you have seen the images of police crackdown against Russian protesters. But many Russians were alarmed with officers in military-like uniforms brutalizing demonstrators alongside riot police. Who were

Ruslan Trad

ruslantrad

This is a Belarusian written in Arabic letters (arabitsa) used by the Lipka Tatars, who had been invited to settle in Belarusian territory, at the time part of the Grand

Sabine Fischer

SabFis3

Some more organized thoughts about what happened since Sunday: #Navalny announced his intention to return as soon as he had awakened from his coma. The RU leadership made a lot

Andrzej Kozlowski

akoz33

Here is a comment from Nezygar, which many (e.g. Latynina) believe to be a Kremlin project. Still, that makes it interesting, if you keep this in mind:Russia already had a

Historic.ly

historic_ly

Let's look at what WikiLeaks Cablegate has to say about Belarus. https://www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/03ROME2137_a.html I've included the header with the cable. Poloff = Political OfficerMFA = Minister of Foreign Affairs Step-by-

Cole Harvey

colejh

I put together a some brief thoughts on the recent electoral #Belarusprotests from the perspective of someone who studies election manipulation. Blog post here: https://www.colejharvey.com/2020/08/17/post-election-protest-in-belarus/ and a

Sasha de Vogel

sashadevo

No one in Belarus should be reacting to Lukashenko's promise of new elections once the constitution is redrafted as if it's good news. \threadhttps://www.rbc.ru/politics/17/08/2020/5f3a8ace9a794758d50b1923?from=from_main_1 Reformin

Paul Goode

jpaulgoode

Mini-thread: What's Lukashenka's game? Why is he clutching at straws, mobilizing tractors, & ordering military exercises next to Lithuania? Here are few possibilities:1. He is stalling while arranging his safe

Alejandra

aleximenez

Please please, read this about #Belarus2020, written by a friend of mine there, @dnbrv : (continue) More on #Belarus2020 Here, some useful links to help our Belarusian friends with

Anne Applebaum

anneapplebaum

You Who WrongedBY CZESLAW MILOSZYou who wronged a simple manBursting into laughter at the crime,And kept a pack of fools around youTo mix good and evil, to blur the line,

Alex Kokcharov

AlexKokcharov

THREAD.Today is the day of presidential election in my native Belarus. It is the 6th election in Belarusian history. Only 1994 election was deemed free and fair, and votes in

Jennifer Cohn ✍🏻 📢

jennycohn1

F#ck. Total internet blackout on Election Day in Belarus. Weird how Trump never complains about new internet-connected PRECINCT equipment (eg., ES&S ballot scanners & Knowink or Tenex e-pollbooks 4 activating

Franak Viačorka

franakviacorka

Belarus industrial giant Minsk Tractor Works (MTZ) hesitates over the idea of a nationwide strike. State ideologues send out threats to workers and blackmail that if the strike continues, international

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