Thorn in Lukashenko’s side: Roman Protasevich arrested at a rally in Minsk, March 2017.
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Fears grow for the young dissident journalist after he was taken off a Ryanair flight.
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko visits a hospital for COVID-19 patients, unmasked, in Minsk on Nov. 27, 2020.
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The pandemic’s not over yet, but these world leaders have already cemented their place in history for failing to effectively combat the deadly coronavirus. Some of them didn’t even really try.
Police arrest a protester at a Moscow rally in support of Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, who fell ill while in prison and is now hospitalized.
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There’s not much the world can do to stop authoritarian rulers from persecuting their political opponents, as shown by the standoff over Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, who is ill and imprisoned.
Russian police officers beat people protesting the jailing of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, Jan. 23, 2021 in Moscow.
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And there’s not too much the rest of the world can do to stop them.
In exile or prison: Belarus opposition figures Svetlana Tikhanovsksaya, Veronika Tsepkalo and Maria Kolesnikova.
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Opposition protests continue and there are signs they are beginning to have an effect both inside and outside Belarus.
Three missions – from the UAE, China and the US – will arrive at Mars in Feburary.
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Transcript for Episode 1 of The Conversation Weekly podcast, including stories on Mars and Belarus.
An artist’s illustration of the aeroshell containing NASA’s Perseverance rover guiding itself towards the surface of Mars.
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Plus what protesters in Belarus want to happen next. Episode 1 of The Conversation’s new weekly podcast.
Protesters on the streets of Minsk, the Belarus capital, demand the resignation of the president, Alexander Luksashenko.
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Hundreds of thousands of people have protested the regime of Alexander Lukashenko over the last six months – a new survey reveals what they want.
U.S. President Donald Trump greets Russian President Vladimir Putin during their bilateral meeting in Osaka, Japan, June, 28, 2019.
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Throughout his presidency, Donald Trump has exposed the fragility of democratic institutions, mirroring a global trend in authoritarianism, and that will have a lasting effect on the United States.
Friendlier times: Putin and Biden met in Moscow in 2011.
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Russia may not be a foreign policy priority for the incoming Biden administration. But its promise to foreground democracy will put the Kremlin on edge.
Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko takes the oath of office during an unannounced inauguration ceremony Sept. 23 in Minsk.
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Has Europe’s last dictator finally gone too far?
Svetlana Tsikhanouskaya, the exiled Belarusian opposition candidate, speaking at the EU parliament on September 21.
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Why haven’t international and European human rights organisations done more to protect the human rights of Belarusians?
Watch the body language: Alexander Lukashenko meets Vladimir Putin in Sochi on September 14.
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Belarus’s economy is closely linked to Russia. Could Putin’s support for Lukashenko during ongoing protests be in turn for more integration.
Student protesters detained in Minsk.
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A new survey conducted just before the disputed election, shows how the views of young Belarusians are changing.
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People have lost all faith in Lukashenko to fix the country’s economy.
Not going away: protesters on August 17 in Minsk.
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Russia’s reaction to previous unrest in its neighbours provides clues on how Vladimir Putin may respond to protests in Belarus.
Deploying riot police to suppress peaceful pro-democracy demonstrators in Belarus turned more people against the country’s autocratic leader.
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Pres. Lukashenka of Belarus has stayed in power for 26 years by being a master tactician. But he has seriously mishandled opposition protests, says a Belarus-born scholar of Eastern European politics.
A protester is tackled to the ground by a man in plain clothes during post-election unrest.
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State controlled exit poll gives authoritarian president Alexander Lukashenko 80% of the vote.
Unprecedented: an opposition rally in Minsk ahead of the August 9 Belarus election.
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Opposition candidates have been arrested amid mass protests and a worsening coronavirus pandemic ahead of the August 9 election.
Business as usual for the Tajik president, Emamoli Rakhmon, at the new year ‘Nowruz’ celebration in March.
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Censorship, repression and disinformation have characterised Central Asian responses to COVID-19.