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Did Lukashenko win the Belarusian election after all?
Over the last two weeks Europeans and to a lesser extent the rest of world have discovered a new cause celebtre, Belarus. When protests and demonstrations took over the capital and other Belarusian cities on the evening of election day and the state predictably tried to suffocate them, the harshness of the police produced a… Continue reading
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Prices, pensions and wages. A comparison between Belarus and Ukraine – Strana UA
This text originally appeared on Strana.ua Presidential elections were held in Belarus amid street fighting. Part of the society does not agree with the victory of Alexander Lukashenko, who has been ruling the country for 26 years. Such irremovability of power is one of the arguments of Lukashenko’s opponents. In addition, they have a whole… Continue reading
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Is this the beginning of a Belarusian Maidan?
It was a predictable outcome that still surprised many. Widespread protests have gripped Minsk, the capital of Belarus, and other cities in the country following the elections on Sunday. According to the official counts Lukashenko, who has been President of Belarus since 1994, obtained around 80% of the vote, while the opposition candidate received less… Continue reading
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What is going on in Belarus?
Belarus seldom makes headlines in the international press and when it does it is almost always for the wrong reasons. Last week Belarus entered the perception of the international audience when 33 Russian citizens, allegedly belonging to a Russian private military firm, were detained by the Belarusian security services just outside of Minsk. This event… Continue reading
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Long read: How the West subverts itself
In the last decade Western audiences have often been fed a narrative of Russian interference in our domestic affairs. The Western media abounds with horrifying stories of how the Russians are seeking to exploit social division and subvert us. What the precise outcome of such a malicious plan is, remains unclear. After all the great… Continue reading
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Rostislav Ishchenko: “Russia can deter war between Armenia and Azerbaijan”
“Russia will not encourage an attempt by Baku or Yerevan to conduct full-fledged military operations. She can stifle this conflict in a very short time”, said Rostislav Ishchenko, a columnist for the Rossiya Segodnya news agency, in an interview with the media platform Ukraina.ru. The expert noted that Russia is able to block the entire… Continue reading
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US Department of State to Include Nord Stream 2 and Turkish Stream in Sanctioned Projects
The US Department of State is about to include the Nord Stream 2 and Turkish Stream projects in a list of sanctions. This was announced on June 15 by the head of the State department Mike Pompeo. According to Pompeo, after having been excluded from the sanctions list, these 2 projects will be subject to… Continue reading
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Did the Ukrainian Security Service want to kill Ukrainian journalist Anatoly Shariy?
The SBU, the Ukrainian Security Service, tried to hire a killer to liquidate famous Ukrainian journalist Anatoly Shariy, as he himself has revealed in a video published today. Mr Shariy provided evidence that two individuals appeared to have been instructed by the Ukrainian Office of the Presidential Administration to conduct a black propaganda campaign against… Continue reading
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“We are preparing for a full-scale military confrontation with Russia”, says Ukrainian Navy commander
Ukraine is preparing to a Russian invasion from the South, the commander of the Ukrainian Navy, Aleksey Neizhpapa, has said. He added that the Neptune missile system, which the Ukrainian Army possesses, could shoot from mainland Ukraine at targets in the region of Sevastopol in Crimea. “We are preparing for a full-scale military confrontation, realizing… Continue reading
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Eastern Europe beats West in Covid-19 fight, but West can’t acknowledge it because of Cold War SUPERIORITY complex
By Neil Clark This article was originally published on RT.com By any objective assessment, governments in the eastern half of Europe have dealt with the Covid-19 outbreak better than many in the west. Yet, because of deep-seated attitudes of superiority, few are giving credit where it’s due. Europe is divided again, but this time not… Continue reading
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Why Russians Don’t Want to Be Europeans
By Patrick Armstrong This article was originally published by the Strategic Culture Foundation. In a previous essay I argued that Russia was not a European country. It was its own thing – a civilisation-state. I used a Toynbeean argument that the history of Europe could be written without ever using the word “Russia” up until… Continue reading
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Is the US a country divided beyond repair?
A few days ago a video of a middle-aged white couple brandishing large firearms in front of their villa in a fancy St Louis neighbourhood with Black Live Matters protesters marching nearby went viral in the last few days. The man and the woman have been attacked by some for appearing to point their guns… Continue reading
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Why should it be ok if the left is so divisive?
We truly live in a strange world. I don’t know whether it’s because of postmodernism or postpostmodernism, because of the triumph political correctness or the oversimplification of any message in the age of social media and short attention spans. It’s clearly though that only a few years ago, even if it looks so far away… Continue reading
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Be ready for a full-scale Russian invasion, says Ukrainian Foreign Ministry
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said that there is the possibility of a full-scale Russian invasion, citing “Kavkaz 2020”, a military exercise Russian armed forces will be conducting in September. Ukraine fears the exercise could escalated into a full-fledged military attack on the country, according to Vasyl Bodnar, Ukraine’s Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, citing military… Continue reading
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Let’s try to avoid the rhetoric of a war between the races – Myśl Polska
This article was originally published in Myśl Polska. Protests in the United States cause extreme emotions in Poland. One could say that it is natural: the inhabitants of the protectorate are interested in the situation in the metropolis. However, this interest is more and more often characterized by emotional commitment and support for specific forces… Continue reading
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Russia and Belarus to sign agreement on mutual recognition of visas on 19 June
Russia and Belarus intend to conclude an agreement on the mutual recognition of visas issued for foreigners to enter both countries. The document is planned to be signed during the visit of Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov to Minsk, scheduled for June 19. When the agreement will become effective, foreigners will not need… Continue reading
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Director of the Heinrich Böll Foundation in Ukraine: “Ukrainians in the Russian empire and the Soviet Union were like blacks in racist America”
Sergej Sulemny, the director of the Heinrich Böll Stiftung a German NGO, has said that Ukrainians in the Russian empire and the Soviet Union were like blacks in racist America. In a long Twitter-thread Mr Sulemny explained how Ukrainians were victims of racism and ostracism in Russia and in Soviet times, lamenting that Ukrainians were… Continue reading
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The West sets its eyes on Belarus
The presidential election will not take place until 9 August – however Western media, experts and organization have already started to take a closer look at the developments in the country, situated between Poland and Russia. Western observers have devoted quite a bit of attention to opposition candidates, noting that this appears to be the… Continue reading
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Novoturkey as the alternative to Novorossiya. Three myths about Ottoman rule in Ukraine
This article was originally published on ukraina.ru. You can find the original version here. In the newly shot Ukrainian film “The Khadjibey Fortress” Ukrainian Cossacks and Georgians are fighting on the side of the Turks against the Russians. However, it is well known that the Cossacks played an active role in the capture of Khadjibey,… Continue reading
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Ukrainian lessons or the romanticism of hatred – Ukraina.ru
This article originally appeared on Ukraina.ru Ukrainian classical literature is full of descriptions of suffering, servitude, existential sadness. Ukrainian classics, trying to emphasize the poor life of the people in the empire, painted a dark kingdom in the best traditions of Russian literature, and their readers dreamed about Ukraine as a progressive, “free, new family”.… Continue reading
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Good advice, doubtful diagnosis: reply to “Belarus in Polish foreign policy” – Myśl Polska
This article was originally published on Myśl Polska. I am glad that after many years, Henryk Goryszewski, who was even on the editorial board of “Myśl Polska” wrote a column for our paper. The subject raised in his text “Belarus in Polish foreign policy” (MP, no. 23-34 / 2020) has been with us for many… Continue reading
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Expect “experts” to come up with a Russia connection for the Minneapolis riots
Protests and riots in Minneapolis and in other US cities have been going for for days following the killing George Floyd, a black man, by a white police officer. The national guard has been called in to bring the demonstrations under control, while much of the media appears to be siding with the protesters –… Continue reading
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Syria in 2010, the year before the war
This text was published in the French publication Le Monde. Bilan du Monde. La situation économique internationale in early 2011. Thanks to important reforms decided by the President Bachar Al-Assad, the Syrian economy, plagued by stagnation for a long time, has regained some vigour back. The gross domestic product of the country has doubled between… Continue reading
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Why does the West care so much about Hong Kong?
In political theory, states are utilitarian constructs that in general look after the well-being of their citizens. In history states were created in order to prevent mob rule and the condition of all against all and to protect the social group from being oppressed by a foreign other, to prevent the rape both metaphorically of… Continue reading
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Belarus in Polish foreign policy – Myśl Polska
This article originally appeared on Myśl Polska. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, a new political geography benefited us on our eastern border. Poland enjoyed a similar only in the time between the collapse of Kievan Rus and the emergence of Muscovy, a regional power, which occurred at the end of the 15th century.… Continue reading
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