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The Belarus Protests and Russia: Lessons for “Big Brother”

The anti-Lukashenka protests in Belarus, which have lasted since August 2020, may have slipped off the front pages of international media, but the recent pro-Navalny demonstrations in Russia make for…

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The Minsk–Khabarovsk nexus: Ethical, performative, corporeal

(Sage) This essay attempts to juxtapose mass-scale protest movements that almost simultaneously erupted in summer 2020 in Belarus and Russia’s Far East. In spite of dissimilar root causes of both events,…

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Belarus Protests Have Explosive Potential for EU-Russia Relations

(Carnegie Moscow Center) Belarus has been engulfed by protests ever since the contested presidential election back in August, and whatever happens, it seems things cannot ever just go back to the…

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Belarusian Cossacks—An Option for Putin?

(Eurasia Daily Monitor) Due to certain superficial similarities between the ongoing post-election demonstrations in Belarus and the EuroMaidan protests in Kyiv in 2013–2014, some commentators have speculated about the possibility of…

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Kurilla: There’s a popular saying for the last couple days: Belarus in 2020 is what Russia will be in 2024

(U.S. News & World Report) This year should have ushered in Russia’s return to greatness and Putin’s assumption of ‘great statesman’ status. Instead it has been marked by trouble for the…

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A Very Belarusian Affair: What Sets the Current Anti-Lukashenka Protests Apart?

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Unprecedented mass protests in Belarus against the rigged presidential elections on August 9 continue into their sixth week with no signs of abating. They are massive,…

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Where’s Wagner? The All-New Exploits of Russia’s “Private” Military Company

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Just when you think you know where Russia’s Wagner Group “private” military company (PMC) is deployed, it pops up somewhere else. In the past year, its…

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If Putin sends troops to Belarus, don’t expect Russians to applaud

(Monkey Cage) Russians don’t like military adventures in bad economic times, my research finds. Yesterday, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko met with Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, in Sochi to discuss closer integration. The ongoing political…

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Russia Alarmed and Awed by the Belarusian Revolution

(Eurasia Daily Monitor) Five weeks of peaceful mass protests in Belarus after the falsified elections on August 9, have profoundly changed this formerly rather stable and conservative country, impressed its European…

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How Do The Belarus Protests Resonate In Central Asia? With Marat, Umarov, Safarov, and Pannier

(Majlis Podcast) For weeks, people in Belarus have been protesting against the results of that country’s August 9 presidential election that saw longtime incumbent leader Alyanksandr Lukashenka claim an overwhelming…

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Belarus Protests Have Explosive Potential for EU-Russia Relations

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If Putin sends troops to Belarus, don’t expect Russians to applaud

Russia Alarmed and Awed by the Belarusian Revolution

How Do The Belarus Protests Resonate In Central Asia? With Marat, Umarov, Safarov, and Pannier