#Lukashenko

Why Putin should not & is not likely to intervene militarily in Belarus in support of Lukashenko:1. Putin really can't stand Lukashenko & he is very emotional.2. Lukashenko appears to
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For those of you not vexillologically minded, let's talk a bit about flags and symbols seen in #Belarus.The current red-green state flag, used by Lukashenko loyalists, is a slightly modified
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Lukashenko and his girlfriend, former beauty queen and current member of parliament Note her excellent legislative qualities Lukashenko wisdom More Luka wisdom
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#Belarus A conversation between Natalia Eismont, #Lukashenko’s spokesperson, and Dzmitry Baskov,head of BIHA,was leaked.Two high-ranking officials discuss how they would personally go,cut white-red-white ribbons and deploy tear gas agains
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Parsing some of #Lukashenko's language yesterday and its reporting on the official #Belarus media - a little thread 1/ Let's start with the headline (apart from the irony of "not
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China's economic presence in Belarus is seriously overblown in propaganda, by both Lukashenko (who needs a political leverage) and Xi Jinping (who craves a BRI success) Total lending to
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Along w/ Moscow and Warsaw, Pyongyang must be one capital where they are closely watching Belarus. In terms of domestic and international politics, Belarus has some similarities to DPRK. There
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#Belarus In August, Kristina was methodically raped by security forces. With truncheons. Anally, vaginally and orally. She thought she would die. Now she doesn’t control her bowels and has only
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A big day for Belarus.Almost 42% turnout reported in early voting in presidential elections.Most will be state employees; many under pressure to vote the 'right way'Opposition challenger Tikhanovskaya called on
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ISW's #Russia team (@georgewbarros & @Mason_R_Clark) has been tracking the unfolding Russian intervention in #Belarus since August 14, when they caught & published the first warning indicator. They're hitting it
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I spoke to former high-ranking Belarusian prosecutors, investigators, judges, lawyers, ministers and other officials to describe the insidious machine of repression that sustains Lukashenko's rule in Belarus despite mass and
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#Belarus State owned #Belorusneftdiscovered new Oilfields recentlyhttps://eng.belta.by/economics/view/three-new-oil-deposits-discovered-in-gomel-oblast-127206-2020/https://www.rigzone.com/news/new_oilfields_discovered_in_belarus-08-jun-2020
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#Belarus. Witnessing history every day.Hundreds of state television employees joined a strike,saying they want to report in a balanced way about the situation in #Belarus. One of them told me
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Belarus is one of Beijing's closest partners in Eastern Europe, and an important BRI experiment. The ongoing crumbling of Lukashenko's regime is a big test for Beijing's stretegic ambitions in
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#Belarus.Some of my observations from yday's rally of the united opposition in #Barysau. Around 5,000 people came, it's a lot for a city of 145k. Definitely one of the largest
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I missed mentioning that #Assad congratulated #Lukashenko for his "re-election". They both know very well how to organize a facade elections :)https://eng.belta.by/politics/view/syrian-president-congratulates-lukashenko-on-re-elec
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