Lukashenko

Worries over Belarusian political prisoner Maria Kalesnikava's deteriorating health

Maria Kalesnikava’s relatives have not received any letters from her for more than a year and a half. The Belarussian political prisoner spent...

Will the death of a chief diplomat change anything in Belarus?

Even before the Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei’s sudden death, it was hard to see how Minsk could ever return to its multi-vector...

Russia increases military presence in Belarus

In October Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko and president Vladimir Putin announced to deploy a new regional group of joint Russian and...

Can Lukashenko build an economy on bayonets?

Lukashenko is able to repress the opposition, but can he manage the economy of Belarus as well as he manages the crack-down of society? According to...

Belarus and Russia: an ever closer union?

Belarusian President Lukashenko has had a complicated love-hate relationship with the Kremlin. While Belarus has generally aligned its foreign...

Lukashenko in survival mode: an international problem

After de meeting of the presidents Putin and Lukashenko, the 28th of May in Sochi, it remains crystal clear: Russia is the only country that can...

Film shows Lukashenko's luxurious life: cars, castles, planes and watches

The Polish-based Belarusian opposition news outlet Nexta on March 8 has published an investigative film about Alexander Lukashenko's luxurious...

In the wake of possible new protests Belarusian courts harshly punish

The Belarusian opposition wants to restart mass protests late March, but will people go back to the streets? Last month saw a heavy crackdown with...

Viktor Babariko from jail: The only easy path is the path to slavery

On February 22 the trial against Viktor Babariko, ex-candidate for president of Belarus and former top manager of Belgazprombank, will be resumed at...

Lukashenko postpones constitutional reforms, Kremlin puzzled

On February 11 and 12 Alexander Lukashenko gathered his loyal Belarusian People's Congress to discuss constitutional reforms. While the protests...

Russia follows traditional imperial and Soviet patterns

Russian analysts like Dmitri Trenin (Carnegie Moscow Centre) and Fyodor Lukyanov (Russia in Global Affairs) see a changing attitude in the...

Belarusian KGB’s murderous intention revealed

After the disclosure of the assassination plot against Navalny by the FSB, new leaks this time point to the Belarusian KGB, planning the murder of...

Security forces are Lukashenko’s strong right arm – and Achilles’ heel

So far the Belorusian security forces have been the loyal and brutal guarantee for the survival of president Lukashenko. The opposition is trying to...

Ultimatum by Belarusian opposition can backfire

The perseverance of the Belarusian demonstrators has been amazing - for more than 2 months now every week a hundred thousand or more marched in...

Lukashenko is becoming a toxic asset for the Kremlin

Lukashenko's weakened position after the presidential elections of August 9 seemed an opportunity for Russia. At last Putin could force him to...

Putin rules the waves in Russia's sphere of influence

Putin's first public reaction to the crisis in Belarus ultimately proves that countries in Russia's so called 'sphere of influence' are not allowed...

The West and Belarus: a case for Hippocratic diplomacy

Belarusians must chart their own future. The West can encourage them but it's too presumptuous and too counter-productive to tell them how to act....

Lukashenka's rule is entering its last phase

Vote rigging in Belarus is nothing new. The pattern is always the same. This time, however, the electorate doesn't accept the falsified...

Can Russia-West Divide Save Lukashenko?

Both Russia and the West may be sick and tired of the mercurial Belarusian autocrat, but up till now they still saw him as the lesser evil, writes...

Lukashenka will be re-elected, but at what price?

The social economic circumstances for the presidential elections in Belarus are extremely unfavourable for the authorities. Recession, decline in...

Elections in Belarus: even in the regions Lukashenko highly impopular

After unseen police violence, anger in Belarus reached even some of the smallest towns across the country. In the weeks before the presidential...

The president without a plan: corona in Belarus

Belarus president Alexander Lukashenko has not taken strong measures to counter the coronavirus in his country yet. He still claims that nobody is...

Russia pushes, but doesn't dare to force Belarus into a union state

Moscow pushes Belarus into further integration with Russia. Talks between presidents Putin and Lukashenko on 7 December failed, however, to bring...

Tensions between Kremlin and Minsk rise after 'Integration Ultimatum'

Four sacks of potatoes and a piece of lard were the Christmas gifts president Lukashenko brought for his meeting with Putin on  December 29....

Torn between the EU and Russia, Belarus is rife with conspiracy theories

Last Monday, April 3, Lukashenko and Putin met in Saint Petersburg to overcome their controversies. After the meeting they announced that all...
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