Andreas Umland Archives - the Lithuania Tribune

What Happens to Belarus after Lukashenka Falls?

September 12, 2020 Lithuania Tribune 0

The current Belarusian transformation could be leading to results similar to those of the 2018 Velvet Revolution in Armenia rather than of the 2013-2014 Revolution of Dignity in Ukraine. Yet, the pathological relationship of Moscow’s […]

Andreas Umland: New social deal in Russia is “No serious political participation, but Bread and Circuses”

April 5, 2015 Kateryna Ivanova 0

Andreas Umland, German political scientist and senior research fellow at Kiev-based Institute for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation, speaks about Russian domestic politics, the “Ukraine crisis” and what the European Union can do about it. […]

The latest startup report: a record year and accelerating flywheel effect

October 19, 2021 0

Over the last eleven years, the value of startups in Central and Eastern Europe has increased 19 times and now stands at 186 billion euros. The value will likely increase even further by the end […]

What actually lies beneath the menacing flag of protest: a look at the real faces of the Movement of Families

October 7, 2021 0

What links the active participants of “marcher” protests: a businessman from Marijampolė, the son of the signatory of the March 11 Act, large families, pro-Russian figures and members of the criminal underworld? Lietuvos Rytas tried […]

Bruveris. The president’s weapon – the Catholic cross

October 5, 2021 0

The Constitution’s directives that there is no state religion in Lithuania and that no one can be privileged in the state for their religious beliefs have always been at risk. This risk has lately increased, […]

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