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Experts: Security Officers and Officials Will Be Settled in Apartments Seized from Opposition Figures

Why do the authorities need trials in absentia of “fugitives”? On 12 May, the House of Representatives adopted in the first reading amendments to the Criminal Procedure C…

Discussion: Historians and Historical Scholarship amid the Political Crisis in Belarus and the War in Ukraine

Update 17.05.2022: Deutsche Welle has published a summary of the discussion on the state of historical scholarship in Belarus; we invite you to read it! (https://www.dw.c…

Call for Individual Applications for the 10th Congress

Dear colleagues! The Organizing Committee of the International Congress of Belarusian Studies announces the call for individual applications to participate in the jubilee…

Andrei Kazakevich: The Outcome of the Russian-Ukrainian War May Change Everything Significantly for Us

Yesterday, during a meeting with the governor of Voronezh Oblast, Alexander Lukashenka stated that other “republics of the former USSR” would “join” the Union of Belarus …

“A Half-Hearted Position by Kyiv Has Led to Nothing Good.” Belarusian Experts on Arestovych’s Statements

How should one assess the position of the Ukrainian authorities, who do not want to sever relations with the Lukashenka regime completely? Oleksii Arestovych, adviser to …

Why Is Belarus Expanding the Use of the Death Penalty?

The deputies’ initiative to apply the death penalty for an attempted act of terrorism worsens the human rights situation in Belarus and is aimed at intimidating the prote…

The “Trade Union Case”: The Authorities Became Afraid of Unrest at Enterprises Because of the Crisis

Is there a logic to political repression, and what is it? On 19 April, an attack took place against the independent trade union movement. Searches were carried out at the…

One Threatens Destruction, the Other Wants Relations. A Political Scientist Reflects on Divergences in the Rhetoric of the Foreign Ministry and the Security Council

On 18 April, State Secretary of the Security Council Alexander Volfovich suspected (https://news.zerkalo.io/economics/12828.html?tg) the western neighbors of preparing ag…

Kazakevich: “Europe’s position is unlikely to be very soft, but dialogue with Belarus is possible”

Director of the Political Sphere Institute Andrei Kazakevich, in an interview with Filin (https://udf.name/index.php?do=go&url=aHR0cHM6Ly9nYXpldGFieS5jb20vcG9zdC9rYXp…

“Lukashenka is using Stalin’s approach.” Is Moscow preparing a joint 9 May parade with the Belarusian military?

Why did the leaders of Belarus and Russia need a meeting in the Far East? On 12 April, Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenka met at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Amur Obl…

“Putin would like China or India to make such statements, but for now there is only Lukashenka”

How have relations between the rulers of Belarus and Russia changed? — It does not seem to me that during the latest meeting between Lukashenka and Putin (https://gazetab…

Preliminary Programme of the Congress 2022

PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME Tenth International Congress of Belarusian Studies 30 September – 2 October 2022, Kaunas (Lithuania) (https://www.icbs.by/program-2022)

“He Does Not Want to End Up in a Cage with a Tiger.” Why Lukashenka’s Negotiations with Russia and the West May Look Ridiculous

Alexander Lukashenka stated at a meeting of the Security Council that Belarus’s position should also be heard in negotiations on a peaceful settlement in Ukraine. “We pro…

“If Supplies Are Abruptly Stopped, There Will Be Nowhere to Put the Gas.” Who Would Suffer More if Russia Turns Off the Tap — Expert Opinions

After Europeans refused (https://news.zerkalo.io/world/11905.html?c) to pay for gas in Russian rubles, Moscow adopted (http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/68094) a “c…

How Sovereign Is Sovereign Belarus Still?

Belarus’s dependence on Russia has increased with every passing year, and with the start of the war in Ukraine the country’s independence has come under threat altogether…

Is There Any Point in Arguing with People Who Support the War in Ukraine?

Part of Russia’s population justifies the invasion of Ukraine by Russian troops as “fighting Nazis” and “liberating Donbas.” Photographs of destroyed cities and murdered …

What Belarusians Should Prepare for After Lukashenka’s Departure

Are the democratic forces ready to take power if Lukashenka’s regime collapses under the burden of war? How likely is such a scenario, and what awaits Belarusians during …

Moscow Made Concessions to Minsk to Soften the Looming Economic Crisis — Kazakevich

The Belarusian authorities supported Russia in its confrontation with Ukraine and the West, and therefore reasonably expected compensation from the Russian Federation for…