Frozen US aid brings new challenges to groups hit by harsh crackdowns in Russia and Belarus
Rights groups, activists and independent media in Russia and Belarus endured increased government scrutiny, repressive laws and even were shut down and forced to operate from exile abroad.
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Belarus opposition and Western leaders reject election result that extends strongman’s rule
Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko has extended his more than three decades in power in an orchestrated ...
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Has Lukashenka Started Hiding?
The borders of the dictator's residences have disappeared from official maps, but they forgot to hide something important.
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Emigration and war hit once-booming Belarus tech sector
A project manager in Belarus's once-flourishing tech industry, Andrei Dorin admits his sector is in "crisis". Tech has been ...
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PAP delegation visits Minsk center of surgery, transplantology and hematology
A delegation of the Pan-African Parliament led by Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces of the Republic of South Africa Refilwe Maria Mtsweni-Tsipane visited the Minsk Science and ...
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Belarus dictator Alexander Lukashenko predicted to get 87pc of vote in election to extend 31-year rule
Photo: Reuters An exit poll predicted hardline Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko will extend his 31-year rule with an 87.6pc share of the vote in a presidential election described by the US ...
Belarus strongman set to win a 7th term in an election the opposition calls a farce
Belarusian Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski, head of the Viasna human rights group, sits in a defendants’ cage in a court in Minsk, Belarus, on Jan. 5, 2023. In this photo released by Belarus’ ...
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Year of the Snake stamps released at Confucius Institute in Minsk
(Photo by Henadz Zhinkov/Xinhua ... released at the Confucius Institute of the Belarusian State University in Minsk on Wednesday. The set of six stamps, titled "Eastern Calendar: Year of the ...
Trump’s foreign aid freeze could prove to be a boon for the world’s authoritarian strongmen
Trump, announcing the aid freeze on his first day in office, said all foreign assistance would be evaluated as to whether it ...
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PAP delegation meets with students from African countries in Minsk
On January 27, a delegation of the Pan-African Parliament met with students from African countries studying in higher educational institutions of Minsk. The meeting was hosted by the BNTU science ...
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BELARUS-MINSK-STAMPS-YEAR OF THE SNAKE
The lower right corner features the Chinese word for "Snake" along with the phrase "Year of the Snake" written in Belarusian. TO GO WITH "Year of the Snake stamps released at Confucius Institute in ...
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‘Europe’s last dictator’ Lukashenko extends 3-decade rule in Belarus
He said he personally gave the order for Kolesnikova to be "shown to the people" last November - when photos of her were ... Agence France-Presse spoke to in Minsk and other towns voiced support ...