All trends
The ruling elite
“The Godfather”: Lukashenko’s Deeply Echeloned System
March 11 – March 17
Elections 2025: Lukashenka Forever
March 4 – March 10
Elections 2024: The Ruling Class Consolidates Its Monopoly on Power
February 26 – March 3
Elections 2024: Fine-Tuning the Electoral System
February 19 – February 25
Election 2024: Institutional Renewal of the Regime
February 12 – February 18
The new regime in Belarus: military junta or politburo?
February 5 – February 11
Will the security forces bring protests back to the streets of cities?
January 29 – February 4
“X-factor”: a new competition for loyal deputies
January 22 – January 28
Personnel Shortage: Addressing “Runaways” and Attracting Foreign Talent
January 15 – January 21
Elections-2024: Carrots for Supporters, Crackdown on Opponents
January 8 – January 14
2023: changes in the political field; 2024: “sterile” elections
January 1 – January 7
Elections 2024: Reassessing the Legitimacy of the Government
December 11 – December 17
Regime Transformers: Systemic Parties Evolve into Autobots
December 4 – December 10
Lukashenka Bolsters Ratings: Nomenclature Faces Anti-Corruption Crackdown
November 27 – December 3
Navigating the delicate terrain of the 2024 elections: Lukashenka versus the nomenklatura
November 20 – November 26
A Year of Quality: Taking on Slackers, Crooks, and Corruptors with a Grenade Launcher
November 13 – November 19
Pre-election luminous feat of generosity, Lukashenka instructs the parties
November 6 – November 12
The regime is trying to “purchase” the allegiance of Belarusian citizens
October 30 – November 5
Redistribution of resources in favor of the state sector and security forces, and the ideologicalization of state-owned companies are ongoing practices
October 23 – October 29
Lukashenka weakens the position of Haloŭčanka’s government, as elections are guaranteed by the security forces
October 16 – October 22
Lukashenka is increasing contributions to his personal “insurance fund,” and the government is continuing to allocate funds to the state sector
October 9 – October 15
Elections under comfortable conditions: economic stability and depoliticized opponents
October 2 – October 8
Limits on Rent for the Agricultural Power Hierarchy, Elections in a Repressed Society
September 25 – October 1
Lukashenka is cutting back on social benefits in education, and the regime’s enforcers are cracking down on workers in the agricultural sector
September 18 – September 24
The government is priming the economy with significant injections of funds ahead of the upcoming elections
September 11 – September 17
Filtering raids by security forces in the public sector, high profitability of business in exchange for periodic expropriations
September 4 – September 10
Regime pre-election measures include an increase in public sector salaries, restrictions on the private sector, and more repression of opponents
August 14 – August 20
Regime enforcers plan non-stop repression as the ruling class prepares for elections
August 7 – August 13
Lukashenka buttresses support in the western regions. The National Bank is concerned about overheating the economy
July 31 – August 6
The state continues to monopolise medical services as the ruling class prepares for elections
July 24 – July 30
Lukashenka criticises agricultural barons as state-sponsored discrimination against regime critics continues
July 17 – July 23
The National Bank increases support for the public sector, as paid medical services expand
July 10 – July 16
Lukashenka criticises Prime Minister Halouchanka as the government stimulates economic growth
July 3 – July 9
The regime creates a new party system as social guarantees continue to erode
June 26 – July 2
Inevitable Dismissal Looms for the Belarusian Government
June 19 – June 25
Lukashenka criticises state administrators as the government invests in the military, security forces and state-owned businesses
June 12 – June 18
The government invests in the public sector as the security forces shore up the state budget with fines
June 5 – June 11