#Belarus

Jennifer Cafarella

JennyCafarella

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

Tom Emery 🇪🇺🇬🇧

DrTomEmery

As Belarus is in the news a bit I wanted to highlight the massive role the country has played in recent developments in the @GGP_i. Thread... In 2017, Belarus was

Hanna Liubakova

HannaLiubakova

#Belarus. It won't be a comforting thread. At the funeral of Kanstantsin Shyshmakou,who was found dead,his family mostly refused to talk. The investigators assumed that his death is not of

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

Slava Malamud

SlavaMalamud

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

Wojciech Konończuk

W_Kononczuk

More on Russia's attitude towards #Belarus:1. #Russia doesn't lose hope of saving #Lukashenka.2. Military intervention to defend the regime is too risky, as a) Belarusians against b) negative reaction of

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

Alexander Baunov

baunov

THREAD 1/6 The Belarusians recognize that their dictatorship predates Russian President Vladimir Putin, and do not try to explain it as something imported from Russia. This makes the Belarusian protests

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

Franak Viačorka

franakviacorka

These are major companies that are on strike already or consider to announce it. Workers demand new elections and Lukashenka's resignation. Belarus' economy is strategically dependent on these companies. They

George Barros

georgewbarros

Are Russian security personnel operating in #Belarus? While there is no smoking gun, It’s entirely possible. I’ve been closely watching Belarus (and the Kremlin’s role there) since August. Here’s what

Alena Kudzko

AlenaKudzko

1/ Your most underrated summer blockbuster: Presidential elections in #Belarus 9 August. Given massive fraud & brutal police crackdown, #Belarus is likely to have same president. But it is already

Anders Åslund

anders_aslund

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

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

Hanna Liubakova

HannaLiubakova

#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

Masih Alinejad 🏳️

AlinejadMasih

THREAD1-The International @Olympics Committee (IOC) has decided to suspend the authoritarian President of Belarus, Lukashenko, from Olympic Games. We, as members of #United4Navid fully support this decision and hope that

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