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Going Over the Top in and Around Belarus Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 18 Issue: 76 (Source: Belsat) Belarus’s political crisis involves four principal actors. Two of them are domestic: the political regime, headed by President Alyaksandr Lukashenka, and the protest movement, whose leaders are currently in Lithuanian, Polish and Latvian exile. Two more actors are external: Russia and the collective West. At least three actors out of those four evince a high level of anxiety, to the point of losing self-control and engaging in behaviors counterproductive to their own goals. Nota...

11.05.2021, 8:28 The authorities are afraid of a new awakening of the Belarusian people. Lukashenka timed his decree, which was touted as epochal, to Victory Day. However, the symbolism of the decree turned out to be gloomy and ambiguous, writes political commentator Alexander Klaskovsky on naviny.online. What is the result? Decree No. 2 "On Defending Sovereignty and the Constitutional System" stipulates that if Lukashenka dies, the Security Council will take over power (which, according to many commentators, contradicts the Constitution). The ruling elite is afraid of a new awakening of th...

By Reuters Staff 3 Min Read (Reuters) - A film accusing Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko of spending hundreds of millions of dollars on gilded residences, planes and Rolls-Royce and Maybach cars has gained more than 3 million YouTube views since its release on Monday. Slideshow ( 3 images ) The film by the Poland-based opposition news service NEXTA was released as opposition activists gear up for a new round of protests against last year’s reelection of Lukashenko, who has ruled for 27 years and calls himself “the people’s president”. It echoes a video released by allies of p...

Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko signs a document during his inauguration ceremony in Minsk on Sept. 23, 2020. Photo by AFP Back on August 17, 2020, shocked by a week of powerful post-election protests, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko openly conceded he had overstayed his welcome at the helm of power and promised the workers of the rebellious Wheel Tractor Factory a new national constitution and early elections. “Listen, I have been in power for a quarter of a century. How long can I last? Obviously, I will leave one day. Maybe in a year or two –...