#BELARUS

People in Belarus currently need a huge support of the world, a help to raise awareness about what they’re going through since the internet is shot down throughout the country
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Folks, a very short thread on what the situation in Belarus can teach us about the value of #NeverTrumper folks like @RadioFreeTom @davidfrum and @ProjectLincoln /1 I'm by no means
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One reason the Belarus protests resonate with me so much is that my ancestors lived in a shtetl called Haradzisischa for hundreds of years. It was a mostly Jewish village
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What do we know about sociology of #Belarus ian protest? Here some interesting figures from offline opinions polls by Aksana Shelest (Centre for European Transformation, Minsk), project "Mobilise" (https://mobiliseproject.com/&nbs
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P phoned L earlier today invited him to Moscow and demanded to "strengthen our common Union State" (as I understand as a sort of payment for backing him). A short
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Many are asking whose victory Russia wants in Belarus. With Kremlin spox Peskov maintaining his usual line of "we don't meddle in the affairs of sovereign states" and TV news
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What’s happening in Belarus matters to U.S. security. And Trump and his team are fumbling this moment (largely by kowtowing to Putin and staying on the sidelines).1/ A THREAD on
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Today’s video-summit of the leaders of the Eurasian Economic Union unveiled discrepancies and avoided concrete discussions about solidarity/recovery measures to mitigate the effects of Covid-19. (THREAD 1/5) 1. The 5
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Um, wtf? @GhostofShirgar @SurferBinary @RadicalLib @HeloProcurement https://uk.news.yahoo.com/mystery-indias-lower-death-rates-074649293.html Also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_coronavirus_pandemic_in_BelarusOn 25 April, a total of 9,590 confirm
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My two-cents on the "geopolitical" dilemma that reacting harshly about protest crackdown in #Belarus would drive #Minsk in the hands of Russia: 1.) Russian influence in Belarus is already very
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A lot of going on #Belarus, but it is worth to return to 30 July when more than 60,000 gathered at #Tsikhanouskaya rally in #MinskIt seems to me that on
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THREAD 1/7 By supporting Lukashenko, Putin confirmed that the legitimacy of any foreign regime is calculated not by the transparency of procedures or the popularity of the leader, but by
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[thread]I can think of only country whose flag change since @Unicode introduced flags around 2008: Burma in 2010. This is probably borderline, because back in 2008 only a few flags
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Austria and Switzerland now have less active #coronavirus cases than a week ago. This is why Austria is prepared to consider easing lockdown measures marginally around Easter. Emerging markets #Qatar,
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@halsey Hi! Not going to joke this time but hope for your help with #Belarusprotests . I love you so much and know you are always ready to talk about
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1/ Across Minsk and Belarus supporters of the opposition are hanging up and waving white-red-white flags – very different to the official state flag, which is red and green. Why
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