Fighting coronavirus and the deepening multilevel crisis in the time of the presidential election campaign.
B for Belarus #19 (2020-5-27) expert talk about Belarus with Vladimir Baranich and Yaroslav Romanchuk
Why do Belarusians cling to the past? Lukashenko as a president of Soviet Belarusians 🎙
B for Belarus #14 (2020-2-12) expert talk about Belarus with Vladimir Baranich and Yaroslav Romanchuk
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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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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Steven Seagal traveled to Belarus to meet ‘Europe’s last dictator.’ They ate carrots
There was no hesitation on Steven Seagal’s face as he took a raw, freshly peeled carrot from the hands of Belarusan President Alexander Lukashenko and bit into it with a satisfying chomp.
Belarusian balance of security and freedom. Social dimension 🎙
B for Belarus #3 (2019-06-26) expert talk about Belarus with Vladimir Baranich and Yaroslav Romanchuk
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Why Belarus is not Russia. Or is it? 🎙
B for Belarus #2 (2019-06-12) expert talk about Belarus with Vladimir Baranich and Yaroslav Romanchuk
Soviet Identity and War Myths in Belarus
There is a tired old cliché that Belarus is a Soviet theme park, a phrase overused in the West, most often on Internet tourist sites. Most Belarusians do not want a return of the Soviet Union, but they do have some ties to a Soviet identity, one that has been consciously and deliberately fostered by the Lukashenka presidency and linked to the USSR’s victory over Nazi Germany.
Russian Orthodox Church is efficiently the established church in Belarus
On 4 July the president of the Papal Inter-Religious Committee from the Vatican, Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, met with Alexander Lukashenka in Minsk. During the meeting, Belarusian authorities tried to convince the Vatican’s representative that all 25 religious denominations present in Belarus live in peace and enjoy freedom. However, as Lukashenka made clear, only the Orthodox Church can have a leading role in Belarusian society.
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