If you go to the forest in Belarus follow simple rules to avoid trouble.
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Belarusians law abiding people? What “rule of law” looks like in Belarus 🎙
B for Belarus #11 (2019-12-18) expert talk about Belarus with Vladimir Baranich and Yaroslav Romanchuk
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Power of worship – 956 kW for Dedushka Frost in Minsk 📷
After Soviet communists abolished God and replaced Christmas with a New Year, this is a major holiday in mostly (by culture and superstition) ‘Christian’ Orthodox Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine. In spite of mass revival of that religion, old Soviet worship of Dedushka Frost (who replaced Saint Nicholas) remains unshaken and much stronger than en-masse proclaimed faith: Orthodox Christmas is on 7th of January, and it is preceded by the most strict Nativity Fasting, while the New Year has always been (since the Soviet times) big time Feasting. In spite of no frost and no snow, Dedushka Frost is being made happy with bountiful New Year offerings.
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Meet the big beasts of Belarus – The Financial Times about Belarus
Belarus doesn’t feature on many bucket lists. Often subtitled “Europe’s last dictatorship”, it has changed less than its neighbours since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. The state has maintained control of key industries, as well as owning all the land, all the collective farming and many of the hotels, the restaurants and the cafés.
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Food in Belarus or you are what you eat 🎙
B for Belarus #10 (2019-11-27) expert talk about Belarus with Vladimir Baranich and Yaroslav Romanchuk
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Braslav Lakes National Park – back to nature and Soviet times
On the shore of Lake Drivyaty, the biggest in Braslav, you feel your problems drifting away, becoming at one with nature. The sun shimmers on the water, which is adorned with delicate water-lilies.
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Elections in Belarus. How different are they in Belarus and in the West? 🎙
B for Belarus #9 (2019-10-23) expert talk about Belarus with Vladimir Baranich and Yaroslav Romanchuk
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Belarus and security in the modern world 🎙
B for Belarus #8 (2019-10-10) expert talk about Belarus with Vladimir Baranich and Yaroslav Romanchuk
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Why Belarusians are gloomy and blue. An American in Minsk 🎙
B for Belarus #7 (2019-25-09) expert talk about Belarus with Vladimir Baranich and Yaroslav Romanchuk
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American globe-trotter about his trip to Minsk 🎥
One more alien’s experience of Belarus.
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