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Lukashenka Signs Law Allowing Belarusian Police To Use Firearms Against Demonstrators
A woman is led away by Belarusian police after they broke up a rally in Minsk on March 27.
Read moreGeorgian Opposition Leader Released In Tbilisi After EU Posts His Bail
Georgian Opposition Leader Released In Tbilisi After EU Posts Bail
Read more‘Why Don’t You Like Putin?’: Russian Students Pay A Heavy Price For Political Protests
Students protest in support of opposition leader Aleksei Navalny in Vologda on January 23.
Read moreIn Change Of Tactics, Protesters Plan To Use Light To Show Support For Navalny
February 14, 2021 05:45 GMT – By RFE/RL Supporters of imprisoned Russian opposition politician Aleksei Navalny plan a protest using light from mobile phones, flashlights, and candles on February 14 to express support for Navalny despite a warning that people taking part could face criminal charges. Navalny’s team has called on people across Russia to switch on their mobile phone flashlights
Read moreAmnesty International demands release of protesters detained in Russia – Photos
23:59, 31.01.21 – UNIAN At least 4,000 peaceful protesters were detained in Moscow, Saint Petersburg, and other Russian cities on January 31. Amnesty International has demanded the release of protesters recently detained in Russia. The organization announced this in a statement related on Sunday, January 31, according to Voice of America’s Russian service. “All peaceful protesters detained today in Moscow and other Russian
Read moreKremlin Accuses U.S. of Meddling After 3,500 Protesters Detained
The Kremlin on Sunday accused the United States of interfering in Russia’s domestic affairs and downplayed the scale of the weekend’s protests, when tens of thousands rallied in support of jailed opposition politician Alexei Navalny. More than 3,500 demonstrators were detained in protests across the country on Saturday, with several injured in clashes with police in Moscow, following Navalny’s call to
Read moreupdate: More Than 3,400 Detained In Russia By Police Amid Violent Clashes With Protesters Demanding Release Of Navalny
WATCH: Clashes, Brutal Beatings As Police Crack Down On Protesters In Moscow
Read moreupdate: Navalny Supporters Being Beaten, Arrested As Protests Begin To Demand His Release
A woman walks along a street near the Matrosskaya Tishina (Sailor’s Silence) prison in Moscow where Kremlin critic Aleksei Navalny is being held.
Read moreRussian Police Detain Kremlin Critic Near Opposition Gathering
Valery Solovei was a professor at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations.
Read moreNew Bills Threaten To Further Sideline Russia’s Embattled Opposition
The ways Russian protesters can get together has dwindled in recent years.
Read moreIn Russia’s Far East, A Rare Protest Movement Refuses To Be Cowed
People take part in an anti-Kremlin rally in support of former regional governor Sergei Furga in the far eastern city of Khabarovsk on September 5.
Read moreU.S. Says Kremlin Risks Turning Belarusian People Against Russia By Backing Lukashenka
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun
Read moreBelarus Detains Opposition Figure, Jails Strike Leader
Lilia Vlasova was detained after her home was searched.
Read moreGrodno in Belarus meets protesters’ demand
23:59, 18 August 2020 – UNIAN The city promises not to prosecute protesters. The city executive committee of the Belarusian city of Grodno has fulfilled protesters’ demands. The Grodno City Executive Committee announced this in a statement published on Grodno Plus TV website. In particular, the city promises not to prosecute protesters, while the opposition will be provided with TV
Read moreThousands Form Human Chain in Belarus After Post Vote Crackdown_Ada Nkong — NewsAnnexOnline
Thousands of protesters formed human chains in Belarus on Thursday in a growing wave of peaceful demonstrations over President Alexander Lukashenko’s disputed re-election and an ensuing brutal police crackdown. Russia claimed the protests were being orchestrated from abroad to destabilise its ex-Soviet neighbour while European countries condemned police violence and backed fresh sanctions against Lukashenko. […] Thousands Form Human Chain in
Read morePolice, protesters clash after Belarus presidential vote
Demonstrators run away from police as they gather to protest against a result of the Belarusian presidential election in Minsk, Belarus, Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020. Police and protesters clashed in Belarus’ capital and the major city of Brest on Sunday after the presidential election in which the authoritarian leader who has ruled for a quarter-century sought a sixth term in office.
Read moreExiled Belarusian opposition candidate calls on 32 world leaders — but not Vladimir Putin — to support campaign against Lukashenko
9:49 am, August 3, 2020 – Source: Meduza Valery Tsepkalo (Valeryy Tsapkala), one of two leading Belarusian oppositionists who’s been denied candidacy in the country’s upcoming presidential election, has addressed a letter to 32 heads of state calling on them to support “free and fair presidential elections in Belarus.” The news agencies Dozhdand Interfax have published excerpts from Tsepkalo’s text. “The authorities in Belarus
Read moreMass protests in Kyiv against disarming Ukrainian army as part of new truce in Donbas
The protest near the President’s Office. Photo: Olena Makarenko/Euromaidan Press
Read moreGeorgians Mark One Year Since Anti-Russia Protests
Protesters hold signs reading “Nothing is forgotten, nothing is forgiven,” and “We will meet in the elections,” in Tbilisi on June 20.
Read moreMarxists Unveil Controversial Lenin Statue In western Germany
The controversial Lenin statue is unveiled in the west German town of Gelsenkirchen on June 20.
Read moreActivists Detained As ‘Fabricated’ Terrorism Trial Resumes In Russia
Protesters outside the courthouse in St. Petersburg.
Read moreUkraine: Protesters gather in Kyiv, demanding Zelensky stop surrender to Russia (Photos)
23:59, 24 May 2020 KYIV – UNIAN 2020 About 500 people took part in the event. A rally dubbed “Ukraine will resist” was held in Kyiv on Sunday, May 24, as part of the No Surrender initiative; protesters demanded that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky “stop the policy of surrender to Russia.” Participants in the event were holding national flags, however,
Read moreRussian Police Break Up Anti-Lockdown Protest
Opera singer Vadim Cheldiyev
Read moreU.S. Embassy Urges Russian Authorities To Investigate Ponomaryov’s Beating
Russian human rights activist Lev Ponomaryov (right) speaks with a police officer during a rally in front of the FSB headquarters in central Moscow on March 14.
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