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MINSK BLOG: Artem Shraibman asks: What kind of dialogue can save Belarus?
August 25, 2020
Well-known Belarusian journalist Artem Shraibman rejected international mediation and called on multi-denominational council of religious leaders to mediate between the regime of Alexander Lukashenko and the Coordinating Council.
MINSK BLOG: Why no Euromaidan in Belarus?
March 31, 2017
President Alexander Lukashenko's repressive apparatus and the weak and divided opposition give people little hope of real change.
MINSK BLOG: Thaw with West is fast track to Kremlin's pocket
October 10, 2015
After his expected re-election as Belarusian president, Alexander Lukashenko still needs to win Russian funds for his struggling economy - and improved EU ties might just clinch it.