Pants on Fire
Lukashenko is finished. So is Putin. It’s shocking what you can get away with, as long as you don’t dress or act like a hipster. Just ask Vladimir Putin and...
Там Нас Нет
At least four - and probably many more - English-language journalists say Putin’s meeting with Lukashenko in Sochi on Monday could determine the outcome of...
Big Party in Minsk
Batshit Ukrainian Diplomacy
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba blurted out in an interview published on September 8, 2020 that he wanted to hear the position of the Belarusian...
With All Due Respect
It is truly fascinating how the differences between blueticks and their native counterparts revolve around *which* specific narratives of stories they are...
Svetlana Alexievich Statement, errata
Last remaining member of the Coordinating Council Presidium in Belarus Svetlana Alexievich released a statement on September 9, 2020. Here’s a quick xlation:...
Russia is Next
#lukafascism (Photos by Yauhen Yerchak/EPA) (to be continued) cf. Cancel Lukashenko Culture Thoughtcrime up 8% in Belarus Bizarre Belarus Bullshit A Very...
Cancel Lukashenko Culture
(@vovatsesler) The last time I checked, more than 10,000 Belarusians had been arrested for participating in demonstrations against dictator Alexander...
Thoughtcrime Up 8% in Belarus
Attempts to revive social cohesion between Russia and Belarus seem as far-fetched today as they did a couple of months ago. The abduction of Coordinating...
Bizarre Belarus Bullshit
Ukraine’s equivalent to Bernard-Henri Levy is Dmytro Gordon, who is widely known in Kyiv as the Golden Pyramid Guy. Both are blue-ticked Belarus experts...
Girls Just Like to Shoot
Badass Belarusian women terrorized underfed riot police serving self-proclaimed President Alexander Lukashenko on Saturday and marched to Independence Square...
A Very Uncomfortable Place
MSNBC’s Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel has disappeared from my Belarusian radar screen. Perhaps he and his team exfiltrated themselves to...
Dialogue with Lukashenko
The uneasy alliance is finally breaking down - so which is it gonna be, facts or logic?Alexander Lukashenko is currently the Belarusian president who,...
Ukraine's COVID-19 Disaster Update
It’s day whatever of Ukraine’s COVID-19 disaster and it’s obvious something has gone horribly wrong.The positive dynamics of morbidity in over the six months...
What Belarusians Need Least
I just noticed that some foreign Belarus experts and journalists don’t have a blue ticks, so, technically, you don’t need to respect them. The revolution has...
Maria's Very Bad Day
Something has gone horribly wrong for Maria Kalesnikava, who over the weekend gave a bullshit interview with Maxim Znak to Kommersant flak Andrej Kolesnikov....
Svetlana Reacts to YouTube Clip
Svitlana Tikhanovskaya has responded to the weird YouTube video posted by Floutist Maria Kalensnikava and would-be presidential candidate Viktor Babariko...
Mouthpiece Experimentation Failure
In terms of the number of people pissed off, albeit for the wrong reasons, this announcement may set a record. It’s all about floutist Maria Kаlesnikаva and...
Mad Men in Minsk
Vlad has been tweeting up a storm lately about events in Minsk. The Paris/Odesa-based blogger popped up on the radar screen this spring in Kyiv as a...
Ukraine Covid-19 Update
NSDC The results are in: Ukraine’s response to the COVID-19 has failed. Miserably. Looking on the bright side, it’s not as if anyone expected competency from...
