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A girl on the march on Freedom Day of Belarus 2023 in Warsaw. Photo by Andrew Keymaster on Unsplash. On Thursday August 1, there was a prisoner exchange between Russia and several Western countries. According to media reports, 24 people were involved, including the pardoned German, Rico Krieger, in Belarus. However, none of the other Belarusian political prisoners were part of the exchange. A lot of Belarusian social media users expressed feelings of both sadness and loss of hope, with one saying, “We were so hoping that – what if – Masha too […] But there was no one to break the birch tree.” ...
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Barbed wire fence. Photo by Ed Hinchliffe on Unsplash Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski announced on the evening of June 22 that the authorities are currently considering closing two operating border crossings on the border with Belarus, writes independent Belarus media outlet Belsat. “Given Belarus's actions, we are considering closing all border crossings,” said Sikorski as reported by Business Insider. According to Sikorski, the government is currently determining “whether this is harmful to the economy.” “The Finns closed the border crossings with Russia, and the problems ended,” a...
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Image by Arzu Geybullayeva President Ilham Aliyev, the incumbent leader of Azerbaijan, has welcomed leaders of several countries known for their anti-Western sentiments and in some cases, questionable human rights and freedoms records in recent weeks. Among the leaders shaking hands and signing agreements with President Aliyev since April 2024 were Tajikistan's president Emomali Rahmon, the President of Belarus, Alyaksandr Lukashenka, Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Slovakia's Prime Minister, and the President of Bulgaria. In April 2024, Slovakia elected a populist president w...
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