Vladimir Putin, Alexander Lukashenko
Central/Eastern Europe

Assessing Lukashenko’s strategy: a plan to retire him instead of the gallows

While Belarusian dictator Aliaksandr Lukashenko threatens that the Baltic states will lose their statehood if the escalating tensions between the West and Russia and its ally Minsk escalate into war, political experts note that Belarus […]

Gitanas Nausėda
Foreign affairs

Pavilionis on Nausėda’s statement: difficult to understand and Polish colleagues are “profoundly surprised”

As tensions on the Belarusian-Polish-Baltic border continue to escalate, outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel, in her capacity as a representative of the West, has, after more than a year, had a conversation with the illegitimate […]

Central/Eastern Europe

Help imprisoned Belarusian journalists!

Over the past month, the Belarusian regime has been brutally persecuting the free and independent press. The editorial office for tut.by has been shut down, the founder of the channel Nexta, Roman Protasevich, has been […]

Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko
Central/Eastern Europe

Laurinkus. Poorly thought out steps could accelerate Belarus’ descent into Russia’s grasp

Secretly, Alexander Lukashenko’s inauguration became the reference point for the next events in Belarus. The opposition was unable to find out the date for the “ceremony” ahead of time. Protesters planned to meet the “ascent […]

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko
Central/Eastern Europe

Kubilius. 3 Belarussian factors and Macron’s visit to Lithuania

It is nearing two months now that people’s mass protests continue in Belarus without halting or weakening against the regime of usurper A. Lukashenko. Some in Lithuania even say with concern that the supporters of democracy […]