In particular, he wants to end the war in Donbas. Photo from UNIAN Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has revealed plans for the next year. “To maintain independence, end the war, start growing economically, grow geopolitically toward influence in order to be a global player. This is very important,” he told Ukraine 24 TV channel in an interview, answering a host’s question about

Police instructed peaceful protesters to leave the Independence Square immediately. The protesters continued to clap their hands in reference to the silent anti-Lukashenko protests of 2011. We receive a reports that this is OMON (Special forces of police).   © 2020 NowBelarus blogger

There is restlessness on the western border, they clap their weapons, threaten, openly interfere in our internal affairs. We will defend our land. This is not only our border, this is the CSTO border .  There they made it clear to me: we will not surrender Belarus to humiliation. Many people told me that “something is wrong” in Grodno, but when I saw you, I realized that the

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko ordered the closure of enterprises whose workers are participating in strikes. He made such a statement, speaking at a rally of his supporters in Grodno. “I ask the governor, chairmen of executive committees, if someone does not want to work, do not force them. Do not. We still will not force them and will not persuade them. But if

Iggy Ostanin. 18 August 2020 With Parliament’s Russia Report exposing Putin’s covert operations in the UK, Iggy Ostantin looks at new Kremlin connections to the MI6 money-laundering expert found dead in his Pimlico flat in 2010 Kill them in the toilet”– “mochit v sortire”: Vladimir Putin’s most famous quote was made during a conference in Kazakhstan’s capital, Astana, in 1999.

The Belarusian authorities have blocked more than forty information sites in the country. TUT.by reports about it. The list of blocked media includes several media outlets, including Radio Liberty, the chronicle of the Belarusian elections at Mediazone, Belsat, and Euroradio. In addition, it includes the resources of oppositionists Viktor Babariko, Valery Tsepkalo, Nikolai Statkevich. When you try to access most of these

From the FB page of ‘Boycott Russia Today’. Aug 22 2020. Ben Macintyre [paywalled so this excerpt only]: — Kremlin denial over attack on Navalny is yet another example of ‘vranyo’, a statement that is shamelessly untrue Another critic of Vladimir Putin is struck down, and the official response from Moscow is familiar, routine, ritualised. Claims that the anti-corruption campaigner