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The ruling elite

- The situation has deteriorated

- The situation has not changed

- The situation has improved

11 - 17.01.2021

Lukashenka is hoping for a forceful resolution of the political crisis

By Zmicier Kuchlej The Belarusian leadership appears to have no intention of commencing a...

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Security issues

- The situation has deteriorated

- The situation has not changed

- The situation has improved

11 - 17.01.2021

Critical dependence on Russian weapons will remain

By Andrei Parotnikau Belarus is expected to continue to depend on Russia regarding key future...

Фото: Goodvint; wikipedia.org

Society and political parties

- The situation has deteriorated

- The situation has not changed

- The situation has improved

11 - 17.01.2021

Residential protests continue despite repression

By Zmicier Kuchlej Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya's headquarters, Pavel Latushka's NAM and human...

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Belarus-West relations

- The situation has deteriorated

- The situation has not changed

- The situation has improved

11 - 17.01.2021

Relations with the West remain strained. Minsk is preparing reciprocal sanctions

By Dzianis Melyantsou The events of the past week show that the conflict between Belarus and...

Падчас Марша пенсіянераў сілавікі ўжылі слезацечны газ. Фота: Радыё Свабода

Belarus-Russia relations

- The situation has deteriorated

- The situation has not changed

- The situation has improved

11 - 17.01.2021

The price of a single unipolar policy

By Anatol Pankouski The past week has brought nothing new in relations with Russia, but it has...

Фота Новая газета

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The regime has deprived TUT.BY, the largest news portal in Belarus, of its media status, and the Ministry of Information is assessing whether to block the access to the website. Members of Press Club Belarus team are in jail for already a month. How to resist repression? How does the journalistic community deal with pressur...

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Press conference. Assault on freedom of speech in Belarus

The regime has deprived TUT.BY, the largest news portal in Belarus, of its media status, and the Ministry of Information is assessing whether to block the access to the website. Members of Press...

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Security issues

- The situation has deteriorated

- The situation has not changed

- The situation has improved

11 - 17.01.2021

Critical dependence on Russian weapons will remain

By Andrei Parotnikau

Фото: Goodvint; wikipedia.org

20 - 10.01.2021

Law enforcement agencies have complied with the 2020 budget

By Andrei Parotnikau

Вооружённые силовики на протестном марше против Лукашенко 1 ноября 2020 года. Минск, Беларусь; Author: Homoatrox

01 - 31.12.2020

2020 – a year of security losses

By Andrei Parotnikau

Author: Homoatrox, wikipedia.org

14 - 20.12.2020

Cuts in the Belarusian defence budget in 2021

By Andrei Parotnikau

Image by Konstantin Tyurpeko; WikiMedia

07 - 13.12.2020

The security forces’ measures to address the coronavirus outbreak lack consistency

By Andrei Parotnikau

Image: sb.by

30 - 06.12.2020

Minsk tries to dress up the domestic political crisis in the garb of a geopolitical confrontation

By Andrei Parotnikau

Image: https://odkb-csto.org

23 - 29.11.2020

The Belarusian Defense Ministry faces financial constraints

By Andrei Parotnikau

Фото: http://shklovinfo.by

16 - 22.11.2020

Coronavirus has affected CSTO operations

By Andrei Parotnikau

09 - 15.11.2020

Crisis of confidence within the CSTO

By Andrei Parontnikau As the recent military conflict in Karabakh has shown, there is a lack of unity within the CSTO.

Image: https://ru.armradio.am

02 - 08.11.2020

Belarusian military industry is going through hard times

By Andrei Parotnikau

Author: Homoatrox, wikipedia.org

Belarus-Russia relations

- The situation has deteriorated

- The situation has not changed

- The situation has improved

11 - 17.01.2021

The price of a single unipolar policy

By Anatol Pankouski

Фота Новая газета

20 - 10.01.2021

Belarus has reduced its expectations regarding the alliance with Russia

By Valeria Kostyugova

Image by belrynok.by

01 - 31.12.2020

2020: Belarus and Russia relations increasingly look like internal, not international

Anatol Pankouski

Image by kremlin.ru

14 - 20.12.2020

Belarus retains hopes for hyper-integration in the post-Soviet space

By Anatol Pankouski

Фото: YouTube

07 - 13.12.2020

Minsk and Moscow: different wavelength

By Anatol Pankouski

Фото: YouTube

30 - 06.12.2020

Russia: hard to get. Belarus: hard to get on with

By Valeria Kostyugova

Image: eurasiancommission.org

23 - 29.11.2020

Moscow assesses Lukashenka policies as high risk, insists upon progress with constitutional reform

By Anatol Pankouski

Image by mid.ru

16 - 22.11.2020

Belarus-Russia: no pain, no gain

By Anatol Pankouski

Author: ☭Acodered; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en

09 - 15.11.2020

The Kremlin is watching Lukashenka fiddling with constitutional reforms

By Anatol Pankouski

Russian Foreign Ministry (AFP)

02 - 08.11.2020

The Kremlin has time on its side

By Anatol Pankouski

Author: A.Savin, wikipedia.org

Belarus-West relations

- The situation has deteriorated

- The situation has not changed

- The situation has improved

11 - 17.01.2021

Relations with the West remain strained. Minsk is preparing reciprocal sanctions

By Dzianis Melyantsou

Падчас Марша пенсіянераў сілавікі ўжылі слезацечны газ. Фота: Радыё Свабода

20 - 10.01.2021

The West continues to discuss sanctions

By Dzianis Melyantsou

Фото: https://t.me/tsikhanouskaya

01 - 31.12.2020

2020: Belarusian officialdom and the West are enemies again

By Dzianis Melyantsou

Image by https://t.me/tsikhanouskaya

14 - 20.12.2020

The EU bolsters sanctions pressure on Belarus

By Dzianis Melyantsou

Фото: https://t.me/tsikhanouskaya

07 - 13.12.2020

Belarus’ relations with the West: sanctions, the war of words and money for civil society

By Dzianis Melyantsou

Фото: Представительство Европейского союза в Беларуси

30 - 06.12.2020

West aims to increase pressure via additional sanctions

By Dzianis Melyantsou

Фото: https://happycoin.club

23 - 29.11.2020

Belarus’ relations with the West are holed below the waterline but have not completely submerged yet

By Dzianis Melyantsou

Image by the European Union

16 - 22.11.2020

Belarus’ relations with the West hit new low

By Dzianis Melyantsou

Фото: Depositphotos

09 - 15.11.2020

Amid continuing protests, Belarus' diplomatic conflict with the West escalates

By Dzianis Melyantsou

Пратэстоўцы не даюць сілавікам наблізіцца да мемарыяла забітаму Раману Бандарэнку ў Мінску 15 верасня 2020 года / "Радыё Свабода"

02 - 08.11.2020

Relations with the West have further deteriorated

By Dzianis Melyantsou

Author: Renessaince, wikipedia.org

The ruling elite

- The situation has deteriorated

- The situation has not changed

- The situation has improved

11 - 17.01.2021

Lukashenka is hoping for a forceful resolution of the political crisis

By Zmicier Kuchlej

Image by RFE/RL

20 - 10.01.2021

Security forces carry out purges in residential areas in large cities targeting protesters

By Zmicier Kuchlej

Фото: Дарья Бурякина, TUT.BY

01 - 31.12.2020

2020: The state lost touch with society and resumed financial intervention in the public sector

By Zmicier Kuchlej

Author: Homoatrox, wikipedia.org

14 - 20.12.2020

Regime aims to increase taxation as Lukashenka takes transfer of power off the table

By Zmicier Kuchlej

Фота Радыё Свабода

07 - 13.12.2020

Regime restricts foreign travel rules for Belarusians

By Zmicier Kuchlej

Author: Rakoon; wikipedia.org

30 - 06.12.2020

Covid-19 brings the Belarusian healthcare system to the verge of collapse

By Zmicier Kuchlej

Image by https://naviny.media

23 - 29.11.2020

Loyalty to Lukashenka continues to erode as he doubles down on the use of force to curtail protests

By Zmicier Kuchlej

Менск, Беларусь. 29 лістапада 2020 году. Фота: Агата Квяткоўская / Белсат

16 - 22.11.2020

The authorities stake their future on the security forces, not on dialogue

By Zmicier Kuchlej

Image by svaboda.org (RFE/RL)

09 - 15.11.2020

Public confidence in public institutions continues to crumble due to the actions of security forces

By Zmicier Kuchlej

Фото: TUT.BY

02 - 08.11.2020

Authorities continue to try to augment repression with “political propaganda”

By Zmicier Kuchlej

Society and political parties

- The situation has deteriorated

- The situation has not changed

- The situation has improved

11 - 17.01.2021

Residential protests continue despite repression

By Zmicier Kuchlej

Image from Mazyr

20 - 10.01.2021

Civil Society concedes to the authorities setting the agenda

By Zmicier Kuchlej

Image by belmarket.by

01 - 31.12.2020

Civil society compensates for the state; political organisations engage society in transformation

By Zmicier Kuchlej

Author: Homoatrox, wikipedia.org

14 - 20.12.2020

Civil society efforts facilitate gradual staff outflow from the power bloc

By Zmicier Kuchlej

07 - 13.12.2020

Trade unions assist workers in courts as civil society and the IT sector build trust

By Zmicier Kuchlej

Общая забастовка рабочих минских заводов. МАЗ, МЗКТ и др. 17 августа, 2020 г. Минск, Беларусь. Фото: Ирина Ареховская / Vot-tak.tv / Belsat.eu

30 - 06.12.2020

Tsikhanouskaya examines public opinion regarding disconnecting Belarusian banks from SWIFT

By Zmicier Kuchlej

Image: https://t.me/tsikhanouskaya

23 - 29.11.2020

International reaction to crimes of security officials in Belarus engendered widespread condemnation

By Zmicier Kuchlej

Фото http://www.interpol.int/en

16 - 22.11.2020

Civil society shapes international agenda in respect of Belarus

By Zmicier Kuchlej

09 - 15.11.2020

Civil society and political emigration call for stopping the violence before starting any dialogue

By Zmicier Kuchlej

Фото: YouTube

02 - 08.11.2020

Society insists on new elections

Zmicier Kuchlej

Чытач Свабоды Courtesy Photo

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