#MINSK

Janek Lasocki

JanekLasocki

1/ This Christmas+New Year take a moment to think of the 159 Belarusian political prisoners who remain behind bars. Their crime: trying this year to peacefully stand up to an

Колька дурачок

devilsunflower

I decide to make a thread about eastern european post punk so lemme start Конец Электроники ( eng. "The End of Electronics" ). Post punk band founded in Ryazan,

Alex

JewishWonk

A personal anecdote about the news out of Belarus. (Thread) 1) If you're unfamiliar with what is happening in Belarus, to simplify a complex situation for Twitter parameters, the country

Rich Elmoyan

Elmoyan15

[THREAD]Could the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War have been avoided?————————Sept. 27th military attack by caught many by surprise. Scholars focusing on the Caucasus mostly argue that military confrontation was on

Ariane Bonzon

ArianeBonzon

#Thread Pour s’émanciper de la tutelle russe, la #Biélorussie a cherché à diversifier sa politique étrangère au-delà des pays de son "arc". Deux pays ont alors pris une place importante

Ruslan Trad

ruslantrad

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

Temur Umarov 马铁木

TUmarov

1/9 In Belarus, China is neither at odds with Russia nor wedded to Alexander Lukashenko. As unrest spreads following last month’s presidential election, there is little reason to expect

Franak Viačorka

franakviacorka

Belarus Freedom march is the largest gathering in Belarus history! "Your end - Our beginning" The problem of such regimes is that they are very clumsy. They are not flexible

BBC News (World)

BBCWorld

In Belarus, hundreds of opposition activists and journalists are being rounded up and jailed ahead of next month’s electionsBBC journalists watched as police grabbed peaceful protesters off the streets of

William Bairamian

Bairamian

Armenia's third president and national hero Serzh Sargsyan gave an exclusive interview to @ArmNews_TV which was aired yesterday and today. Many people have already referred to the interview as a

The New York Times

nytimes

A government crackdown in Belarus backfired after a slew of videos showed security forces brutally repressing demonstrators. We reviewed hundreds of the videos and spoke to protesters who were beaten,

Janek Lasocki

JanekLasocki

1/ Across Minsk and Belarus supporters of the opposition are hanging up and waving white-red-white flags – very different to the official state flag, which is red and green. Why

Daniel Korski

DanielKorski

THREAD You may be thinking - #Belarus? Where? Odd European corner of the post-Soviet community. But many great people were born in what is modern-day Belarus, people who created much

Franak Viačorka

franakviacorka

Pro-Lukashenka's rally is happening in Minsk. It is on the same place were the opposition Freedom March had to happen, but 1.5 hours later. Many people were brought by bus

Thomas de Waal

Tom_deWaal

1 President Putin gave some interesting answers to questions about Russia’s new role in the #Karabakh conflict. Suggests he was much more strongly involved than was visible during the conflict.

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

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